Prince George County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
M-1
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right17
- Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices, radios and phonographs. Also the manufacture of small parts, such as coils, condensers, transformers and crystal holders.
- Laboratories, pharmaceutical and medical.
- Manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, perfumed toilet soap, toiletries, and food products.
- Manufacture of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired only by electricity or gas.
- Manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties and rubber and metal stamps.
- Feed and feed stores.
- Cabinets, furniture and upholstery shops.
- Boat building.
- Monumental stone works.
- Veterinary or dog or cat hospitals and kennels.
- Wholesale businesses and storage warehouses.
- Public utility generating, booster or relay stations, transformer substations, transmission lines and towers and other facilities for the provision and maintenance of public utilities including railroads and facilities and water and sewerage installations.
- Business signs.
- General advertising signs.
- Location signs.
- Building supply.
- Mobile food units, subject to the provisions of section 90-1041.
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Maximum noise level60 dBA
In M Zoning Districts, the average noise shall not exceed a noise level of 60 dBA at adjoining property lines.
Other
- Security fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.7 ft
shall be enclosed by a seven-foot-high security type fence
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for BESS217,800 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Tier 2 battery energy storage systems shall have a minimum lot size of five acres
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property lines
Tier 2 battery energy storage systems shall comply with the setback requirements of the underlying zoning district for principal structures or 100 feet, whichever is greatest.
- Vegetation clearance from BESS20 ft
Areas within 20 feet on each side of tier 2 battery energy storage systems shall be cleared of combustible vegetation
From the ordinance
Tier 2 battery energy storage systems are permitted through the issuance of a special exception by the board of supervisors within the M-1, M-2, M-3, A-1 and R-A zoning districts
Use details
{
"dropped_conditions": {
"accessory_uses": [
"Roof- or ground-mounted small solar energy facility or large-scale solar energy facility as defined by section 90-1, provided that the solar facility only generates energy for that structure."
],
"permitted_uses": [
"Manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles of merchandise from previously prepared materials including bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paper, plastic, precious or semiprecious metals or stone, shell, straw, textiles, tobacco, wood, yarn and paint.",
"Agriculture. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, only accessory structures may be erected for the use of agriculture in an M-1 district; site plan review is not required on land used exclusively for agricultural pursuits.",
"Dwelling units when such use is reasonably and customarily a part of the business operation such as providing living quarters for a proprietor or manager and his family, as defined by the county zoning ordinance, not to exceed four people; or living quarters for a watchman or custodian of an establishment: a. The dwelling shall be attached to or located above the business; b. The dwelling use shall contain no more than 1,200 square feet, provided however, that the board of supervisors may authorize a greater size through the issuance of a special exception; and c. The residential unit shall not be used as a rental property."
]
}
}