Chatham, Virginia · District

B-1

B-1 Business District
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Dimensional standards

B-1 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaSide 10 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Height

Other

Signage

  • Maximum projecting signs per building1 count

    Only one projecting sign shall be permitted for each building.

  • The bottom of any sign suspended from any building shall not be less than ten feet above the finished grade of the sidewalk.

  • Sign placement between street and building line

    No sign except those attached to a building or a stanchion on private property shall be erected or placed between the street line and the building line in any B-1 or B-2 Business District.

  • Sign projection from curb line1 ft

    No sign shall project to within one foot of the curb line.

From the ordinance

Buildings may be erected up to 35 feet in height from street grade.
Section 7

Parking requirements

{
  "residential": "1 space per residence"
}