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Greene County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

B-3

Business Highway and High Intensity, B-3
CommercialHighwayAll Greene County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft

Uses

Permitted by right18

Conditional / special use10

Accessory6

Extracted standards

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

Height

Lighting

Noise

  • Noise impact minimization

    Such uses shall be designed to minimize the noise impact of trucks, forklifts, and other heavy equipment on adjacent properties and to prevent such noise from being audible on adjacent or nearby residential properties at any greater level than typical for residential areas.

Other

  • Accessory usesAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from side/rear lot lines when adjoining residential/ag/conservation20 ft

    Accessory uses, including parking areas, shall be located 20 or more feet from side and rear lot lines adjoining or adjacent to a residential, agricultural, or conservation district.

  • All uses enclosed

    All uses shall be conducted entirely within enclosed structures.

  • Central sewer required when sewage treatment demand exceeds5,000 gpd

    Where the sewage treatment demand exceeds 5,000 gallons per day, permitted uses shall be served by a central sewer facility as approved by the health department and department of environmental quality.

  • Delivery hours restriction adjacent to residential

    Deliveries to such uses located adjacent to residential areas shall not occur after 11:00 p.m. or before 6:00 a.m.

  • Screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for equipment rental/leasing6 ft

    Equipment rental and leasing provided all equipment shall be screened by a wall, fence, or landscaping screen not less than six feet in height.

  • Facade materials

    The building shall have exposed exterior walls (above finished grade) of brick, natural stone, glass, stucco, exposed aggregate concrete or equivalent permeant architecturally finished material. Metal and/or aluminum may be incorporated for window and decorative treatments only.

  • Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from road right-of-way25 ft

    Structures except signs shall be located 25 feet or more from the edge of the right-of-way of any road with three lanes or more, or 15 feet or more from the edge of the right-of-way of any road with two lanes or less.

  • Minimum interior circulation aisle width20 ft

    Interior circulation aisles shall have a minimum width of 20 feet.

  • Loading bays screening

    All loading bays shall be located so that they are not visible from road rights-of-way. All loading bays shall be screened from view by the building, landscaping, walls or decorative fencing.

  • Maximum by-rightBy rightPermitted outright: if the plans meet the written rules, permission cannot be withheld. light industrial unit size30,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    The maximum by right unit sizes shall be 30,000 square feet. A special use permit is required for unit sizes that exceed 30,000 square feet.

  • Outdoor storage screening

    All outdoor storage shall be screened.

  • Public water and sewer required within 350 feet of infrastructure350 ft

    If within 350 feet of infrastructure, the facilities shall utilize public water and sewer facilities as provided by RSA.

  • Mandatory sewer connection within 350 feet of sewer line350 ft

    Where a permitted use involves new construction and is located within 350 feet of an available sewer collection line of a central sewer facility, such use shall be subject to a mandatory connection to that system.

  • Side and rear yards adjoining residential/ag/conservation50 ft

    The minimum side and rear yards adjoining or adjacent to a residential, agricultural, or conservation district shall be 50 feet.

From the ordinance

In Business District B-3, structures to be erected or land to be used shall be for one or more of the following uses:
Article 10, B-3 District

Use details

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    "accessory_uses": [
      "Equipment rental and leasing provided all equipment shall be screened by a wall, fence, or landscaping screen not less t"
    ]
  }
}