Municipality · Virginia

Blacksburg

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
6
Districts
473
Extracted rules
1,841
Standards
5
Chapters read

Zoning districts

6 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

465 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

Sec. 3211-32126 standards

Minimum district size: 10 acres. Minimum frontage: 75 ft. Minimum lot size: 2 acres. Minimum open space: 20%. Maximum height: 60 ft. Utility lines underground.

Sec. 3211-32125 standards

Permitted uses: all residential, civic, office, commercial use types listed in Article II, plus specific industrial uses. Site development: min district 10 ac, min lot 2 ac, frontage 75 ft, open space 20%, height 60 ft.

Sec. 3211-32123 standards

Permitted uses: all residential, civic, office, commercial use types listed in Article II, and light/medium industry, R&D, lab, custom manufacturing. Site: min district 10 acres, min lot 2 acres, open space 20%.

Sec. 3212(1), (2)2 standards

(1) More than one (1) principle structure may be placed on a lot. (2) Maximum lot coverage shall be determined through the preliminary development plan process.

Sec. 3212(g)1 standards

Maximum height of structures, except church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennae, and radio aerials are exempt: sixty (60) feet

Sec. 32131 standards

The maximum dwelling unit occupancy shall be a family, plus two (2) persons unrelated to the family; or no more than four (4) unrelated persons.

Sec. 3213 - Maximum residential occupancy1 standards

The maximum dwelling unit occupancy shall be a family, plus two (2) persons unrelated to the family; or no more than four (4) unrelated persons.

Sec. 3214 - Building design1 standards

This section applies to all PI districts of less than twenty-five (25) acres. The use of contemporary interpretations of earlier design styles of surrounding structures in the Planned Industrial district is encouraged...

Sec. 3215 - Conditional zoning

Planned Industrial Zoning constitutes conditional zoning. The proposals in the preliminary development plan shall constitute proffers...

Sec. 3221, 32221 standards

Sec. 3221 Permitted uses: Educational Facilities, College/University. Sec. 3222 (a) Maximum height: Seventy-five (75) feet. (b) All utility lines... shall be placed underground.

Sec. 3221-32221 standards

Maximum height: 75 feet. All utility lines, electric, telephone, cable television lines, etc., shall be placed underground.

Sec. 3221-32221 standards

Permitted uses: Educational Facilities, College/University. Max height 75 ft.

Sec. 32221 standards

Maximum height: Seventy-five (75) feet

Sec. 3231 - Creek Valley district established2 standards

The following creek valley areas of the Town of Blacksburg are hereby established as the Creek Valley District... (1) Tom's Creek and the Tom's Creek 100-year floodplain... (2) All areas of twenty-five (25) percent or greater slopes... (4) All the land within a corridor defined by a boundary line which is fifty (50) feet from the center line of the creek...

Sec. 3231-32354 standards

The following creek valley areas of the Town of Blacksburg are hereby established as the Creek Valley District.

Sec. 3232-32335 standards

Permitted uses: Agriculture, Forestry, Community Recreation (water dependent/passive), Public Parks, Utility Services Minor. Conditional: Utility Services Major.

Sec. 3232-32355 standards

Permitted uses: Agriculture (no accessory structures), Forestry (with timber management plan), Community Recreation (water dependent or passive), Public Parks (water dependent or passive), Utility Services Minor. Conditional: Utility Services Major. No grading without authorization.

Sec. 3240-32493 standards

Floodplain overlay regulations. Permitted uses in floodway per Sec. 3248(c). Prohibited manufactured homes.

Sec. 3241 - Applicability7 standards

These provisions shall apply to all lands in the Town of Blacksburg. Floodplain areas shall be identified as follows: (a) Areas within the 100-year floodplain... (b) Areas within the 100-year floodplain of a tributary with a drainage area of one hundred (100) acres or more...

Sec. 3241-32485 standards

These provisions shall apply to all lands in the Town of Blacksburg. Floodplain areas shall be identified as follows...

Source documents

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