James City County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

M-2

General Industrial District

Dimensional standards

Uses

Permitted by right54

Conditional / special use23

Accessory1

  • An apartment or living quarters for a guard, caretaker, proprietor or the person employed on the premises, which is clearly secondary to the commercial or industrial use of the property

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Accessory structures may be located within the required side or rear yards upon approval of the planning director; provided, however, that no structure shall be located within ten feet of any property line.

  • Structures in excess of 60 feet in height from grade to the top of the structure may be erected only upon the granting of a height limitation waiver by the board of supervisors.

  • Landscaping requirements

    Landscaping on the properties within the district shall comply with article II, division 4 of this chapter.

  • Outdoor operations and storage

    Any commercial or industrial operation or storage conducted in whole or in part out-of-doors, shall meet the requirements of section 24-98(c) of this chapter.

  • Public water and sewer required

    All development in the General Industrial District, M-2, shall be served by public water and sewer unless this requirement is waived in accordance with section 24-447.

  • The minimum setback shall also be increased to a minimum of 75 feet from any street with a right-of-way 50 feet or greater in width and 100 feet from any street with a right-of-way of less than 50 feet of width when the property immediately across the street is zoned residential.

  • SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. increase for structures over 35 feet1 ft per 3 ft over 35

    The minimum setback of any portion of a structure which is in excess of 35 feet in height shall be increased one foot for each three feet of the structure's height in excess of 35 feet.

  • Site plan review required

    All structures or complexes of structures erected, altered or restored within the district shall be subject to Site Plan Review in accordance with article III of this chapter.

  • The minimum side yard shall be increased to 75 feet if the side yard adjoins property in a residential district, or an agricultural district that is designated for residential use on the Comprehensive Plan. The minimum rear yard shall be increased to 75 feet if the rear yard adjoins property in a residential district or an agricultural district that is designated for residential use on the Comprehensive Plan.

Parking

Signage

  • Sign regulations

    Outdoor signs on the properties within the district shall comply with the regulations for exterior signs in article II, division 3 of this chapter.

From the ordinance

Minimum lot size shall be 10,000 square feet. Structures shall be located 50 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width. Structures may be erected up to 60 feet in height.
Sec. 24-435 through 24-449

Use details

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  "dropped_conditions": {
    "conditional_uses": [
      "Railroad facilities including tracks, bridges and switching stations. Spur lines which are to serve and are accessory to existing or proposed development adjacent to existing railroad rights-of-way and track and safety improvements in existing railroad rights-of-way, are permitted generally and shall not require a special use permit",
      "Transmission pipelines, public or private, including pumping stations and accessory storage, for natural gas, propane gas, petroleum products, chemicals, slurry coal and any other gases, liquids or solids. Extensions for private connections to existing pipelines, which are intended to serve an individual residential or commercial customer and which are accessory to existing or proposed development, are permitted generally and shall not require a special use permit",
      "Water facilities (public or private) and sewer facilities (public), including, but not limited to, treatment plants, pumping stations, storage facilities and transmission mains, wells and associated equipment, such as pumps to be owned and operated by political jurisdictions. The following are permitted generally and shall not require a special use permit: (a) Private connections to existing mains that are intended to serve an individual customer and that are accessory to existing or proposed development, with no additional connections to be made to the line; and (b) Distribution lines and local facilities within a development, including pump stations"
    ]
  }
}