Blacksburg
Zoning districts
6 districts, grouped by category.
Residential
6R-4 Low Density Residential
- Min lot
- 10,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Front setback
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 8
R-5 Transitional Residential
- Min lot
- 8,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 20 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 8
RM-27 Low Density Multiunit
- Min lot
- 8,500 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 27 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 21
RM-48 Medium Density Multiunit
- Min lot
- 8,000 sq ft
- Max height
- 35 ft
- Front setback
- 35 ft
- Max density
- 48 du/ac
- Permitted uses
- 20
General provisions
465 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
The outdoor storage and/or display of non-plant goods and materials is permitted only when screening is provided that meets the requirements of Article V, Division 3 [of this Appendix] for outdoor storage. When adjoining a residential use type, a type C buffer yard in accordance with Section 5310 shall be provided.
Applicants must demonstrate that the use will be compatible with the neighborhood, particularly with regard to traffic circulation, parking, and appearance, scale and massing of structures. The hours of operation may be restricted through the conditional use permit. Exterior lighting shall be compatible with the surrounding neighborhood. There should be as few entrances to the site as possible, and these should be located in a manner to promote safety and efficient traffic circulation, and minimize the impact on any surrounding residential neighborhood. To determine the number of permitted curb cuts, the following factors shall be considered: the number of existing curb cuts in the area, the potential for increased traffic hazards and congestion, and the number of travel lanes of the street that serves the site. Fuel pumps and canopies over fuel pumps should be located behind the front line of the primary structure unless impractical to do so as a result of the shallow depth of a parcel, the location of existing mature trees, or other similar circumstances, or unless beneficial to surrounding properties to not do so. In such cases, additional street trees or front yard landscaping shall be considered as a condition for approval. Any canopy over the fuel pumps shall have the same roof shape and exterior materials as the primary structure. Pitched roofs are encouraged. The Zoning Administrator may require a traffic analysis to be provided by the applicant. Such analysis may include, but not be limited to, the proposed traffic flows, sight visibility for emerging vehicles, and other public safety factors. The location, dimensions, and design concept of any proposed signage will be included in the conditional use permit application. A use other than dispensing and selling fuel and oil shall meet parking and use and design standards for that use.
Minimum lot size: Fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet. Minimum frontage: Seventy-five (75) feet.
No more than four (4) fuel pumps designed to serve individual vehicles shall be permitted. No parking is required. Production capacity is limited to 50%.
A minimum of fifty (50) parking spaces per each nine (9) holes shall be provided.
A minimum of fifty (50) parking spaces per each nine (9) holes shall be provided.
A hotel/motel cannot consist of a single ground floor of hotel/motel use with all other floors used for multi-family development. At least fifty (50) percent of the building's total square footage must be a hotel/motel use.
Parking will be located behind the front line of the principal building. At least fifty (50) percent of the building's total square footage must be a hotel/motel use.
Minimum lot size: One (1) acre. Minimum frontage: One hundred (100) feet. Rear setback: Thirty-five (35) feet. Side setback: Twenty (20) feet.
Minimum lot size: One (1) acre. Minimum frontage: One hundred (100) feet. Rear setback: Thirty-five (35) feet. Side setback: Twenty (20) feet.
The minimum area required for a commercial kennel shall be two (2) acres. All facilities associated directly with the commercial kennel, whether indoors or outdoors, shall be set back a minimum of one hundred (100) feet from any property line.
The minimum area required for a commercial kennel shall be two (2) acres. All facilities shall be set back a minimum of one hundred (100) feet from any property line.
The storage or display of manufactured homes in the planting strip required under Article V, Division 3 [of this Appendix] or within ten (10) feet of the public road right-of-way shall be prohibited.
The minimum front setback shall be thirty-five (35) feet.
The minimum front setback shall be thirty-five (35) feet. No security fencing, security gate, or other obstruction to vehicle access shall be permitted in the required front yard.
No more than ten (10) percent of the floor area may be devoted to seating facilities for consumption of food prepared on the premises.
The minimum front, side, and rear yards for parking facilities shall be ten (10) feet except for any side of the property adjacent to the GC zoning district, where the minimum setback shall be three (3) feet.
Parking facilities shall be permitted only on property which abuts property zoned DC, "Downtown Commercial," or on property which abuts an alley which abuts property zoned DC, "Downtown Commercial."
Parking facilities shall only be permitted by conditional use permit.
Parking facilities shall only be permitted by conditional use permit.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.