Bedford, Virginia · District

M-1

Manufacturing District M-1
IndustrialManufacturingAll Bedford districts0

Dimensional standards

M-1 lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 25 ftRear 25 ftSide 10 ftStreet side 25 ftMin width 100 ftMIN LOT AREA25,000 sq ftMAX LOT COVERAGE40%
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Uses

Extracted standards

15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Environmental

  • Permit compliance

    All permits issued for uses in the Manufacturing District M-1 shall include a provision specifying compliance with all applicable state and federal environmental laws and regulations; copies of required state and federal permits must be presented to the building official prior to the approval of site plans and issuance of building permits for manufacturing uses.

Height

  • FAA approval required200 ft

    For structures exceeding 200 feet in height, prior written approval from the Federal Aviation Administration is also necessary.

Lighting

  • no light source with an intrinsic brightness level of 150 footlamberts or greater shall be located within 500 feet of any residential district from which such light would be visible

  • Maximum brightness visible from adjoining properties350 fc

    no light emitted from the operation or activity and visible from adjoining properties shall have an intrinsic brightness level exceeding 350 footcandles.

  • Maximum illumination at commercial/industrial lot line1 fc

    nor 1.0 footcandles at any lot line adjoining a commercial or industrial district

  • Maximum illumination at residential lot line0.1 fc

    Light emitted for any operation or activity shall not exceed an illumination level of 0.1 footcandles at any lot line adjoining a residential district

Noise

  • Noise limit at commercial/industrial lot line75 dBA-L10

    nor a level of 75 dBA-L10 at any lot adjoining commercial or industrial districts.

  • Noise limit at residential lot line65 dBA-L2

    The noise generated by the use shall not exceed a level of 65 dBA-L2 at any lot line adjoining a residential district

Other

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area shall be 25,000 square feet. The minimum lot width at the setback line shall be 100 feet for lots with frontage on one public street and 125 feet for corner lots fronting on two or more public streets. The maximum percentage of any lot that may be covered by the footprint of a building shall be 40 percent. Maximum building height shall not be limited.
Sec. 608