Big Stone Gap
Zoning districts
6 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
3Local Business District
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 50 ft
- Permitted uses
- 28
General Business District
- Min lot
- 21,780 sq ft (0.5 ac)
- Max height
- 40 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 27
Central Business District
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 23
General provisions
93 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The following buildings and uses are permitted as special exceptions if the Board finds that, in its opinion, as a matter of fact, such exceptions will not substantially affect adversely the uses of adjacent and neighboring property permitted in this Ordinance.
Failure of the Commission to report ninety (90) days after the first meeting of the Planning Commission after the proposal has been referred to the Planning Commission shall be deemed approval.
The public hearing shall be held not less than five (5) nor more than twenty-one (21) days after final publication.
written notice shall be given at least five (5) days before the hearing to the owner or owners, their agent or the occupant of each parcel involved
Whenever a petition requesting an amendment, supplement, or change has been denied by the Town Council, such petition, or one (1) substantially similar, shall not be reconsidered sooner than one (1) year after the previous denial.
When any proposed change of a zoning district boundary lies within three hundred (300) feet of a Town boundary, notice of the proposal... shall be forwarded to the Planning Commission of Wise County
When any proposed change of a zoning district boundary lies within three hundred (300) feet of a Town boundary, notice of the proposal... shall be forwarded to the Planning Commission of Wise County
General administrative and enforcement provisions for zoning, including permits, certificates of occupancy, site plan review, and penalties.
Any use permitted in the R-2 Residential District. 2. Offices and office buildings, business, professional, or administrative...
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any mobile home or office building on any street, alley, or other public place or on any tract of land owned by any person, occupied or unoccupied, with the town, except within a mobile home park as established by or under the zoning regulations, approved by the health department; provided, that the temporary stopping or parking of a mobile home for no more than two (2) hours or in an emergency is permitted; provided further, a permit for the temporary use of a mobile home or office building may be issued by the building official upon approval by the town manager for advertising, educational, health, office, or storage purposes.
Lot area of less than 5 acres is permitted for single-family dwellings only in approved and recorded subdivisions of 5 or more lots... permanent maximum overall density of not more than 1 dwelling unit per 5 acres. No minimum street frontage is required.
The purpose of this District is to permanently preserve areas of special environmental quality, recreation potential, natural beauty, historical or ecological importance.
Owing to their potential negative impact on the community, the treatment facilities, where allowed by the district, may be permitted by a special use permit according to the requirements of section 5 of this article.
Side and rear yards required only if adjacent to a Residential District. If street is less than 50 feet in width front yard shall be at least 75 feet measured from center line.
The purpose of this district is to provide for a wide variety of manufacturing, fabricating, processing, wholesale distributing and warehousing uses appropriately located for access by major thoroughfares or railroads.
Permitted uses, accessory uses, signs, special use permits, special exceptions, lot size, yards, height, parking.
If street is less than 50 feet in width front yard shall be at least 75 feet measured from center line.
No structure (temporary or permanent), fill, deposit, obstruction, storage of materials or equipment or other uses shall be permitted, which acting alone or in combination with existing or future uses, unduly affects the efficiency or the capacity of the floodway or unduly increases flood heights.
To enable the district to operate in harmony with the plan for land use and population density embodied in these regulations, the FP Flood Plain District is created as a special district to be superimposed on other districts.
Permitted uses, special provisions, floodway fringe area requirements, encroachment on drainage channels and streams.
Source documents
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