B-2
Dimensional standards
Density
Height & bulk
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right53
- retail store
- bakery
- bank
- financial institution
- dry cleaner
- laundry
- laundromat
- barber shop
- beauty shop
- fitness center
- health club
- home appliance service
- theater
- assembly hall
- hotel
- motel
- bed and breakfast inn
- office
- church
- place of worship
- public building (fire station, police station, rescue squad station, school, recreational facility, library)
- hospital
- funeral home
- crematory
- automobile service station
- auto and truck rental, sales and service
- restaurant
- food handler
- caterer
- shoe repair shop
- tailor shop
- plumbing supply
- electrical supply
- printing service
- duplicating service
- rental of household items, tools, appliances
- public utility facility
- off-street parking
- loading area
- sign
- radio station
- television station
- recording studio
- janitorial service
- personal service establishment
- leisure and enrichment service
- microbrewery
- museum
- art gallery
- art studio
- single-family dwelling (with office/business use)
- apartment above street level (mixed-use)
- portable storage container
Conditional / special use34
- apartment at or below street level
- private school, recreational facility, library
- club
- lodge
- communications monopole
- parking garage
- dancehall
- commercial garage
- towing service
- industrialized building unit (temporary)
- assembly of electrical appliances (with ≤5 workers)
- cabinet shop
- woodworking shop
- blacksmith shop
- welding shop
- machine shop
- pharmaceutical laboratory
- medical laboratory
- dental laboratory
- public billiard parlor
- poolroom
- game room
- bowling alley
- skating rink
- shooting range
- paintball course
- boardinghouse
- recycling collection center
- child day care center
- family day home
- tattoo parlor
- body piercing establishment
- farmers' market
- loudspeaker/sound amplification exceeding noise ordinance
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Density
- Maximum multiple-family density30 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
multiple-family dwellings shall not exceed a density of 30 dwelling units per acre
- Maximum townhouseTownhouseA single-family home sharing side walls with its neighbours, each on its own lot. density20 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
townhouses shall not exceed a density of 20 dwelling units per acre
Height
- Structures over 70 feet require conditional useConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. permit70 ft
structures greater than 70 feet shall require conditional use permit approval.
Other
- Auto and truck rental front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for vehicle display area10 ft
Auto and truck rental, sales and service with a ten-foot front yard setback for vehicle display area.
- Gas station pump island VDOT setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
gas station pump island locations shall comply with Virginia Department of Transportation setbacks.
- Individual sewage disposal system approval
the required area for permitted uses utilizing individual sewage disposal systems shall be approved by the health official
- Intersection setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.20 ft
within the area formed by a straight line connecting two points, one in each street, on the adjacent street right-of-way line 20 feet distant from the intersection of the two street right-of-way lines which border the property
- Microbrewery maximum capacity5,000 barrels/year
Microbrewery with capacity not to exceed 5,000 barrels per year.
- Minimum distance to residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. boundary10 ft
no building or structure shall be located closer than ten feet to the boundary of a residential district.
- Sidewalk requirement
Sidewalks shall be required for all new development.
From the ordinance
There shall be no minimum lot area or width required; except that the required area for permitted uses utilizing individual sewage disposal systems shall be approved by the health official and except that townhouses shall not exceed a density of 20 dwelling units per acre and multiple-family dwellings shall not exceed a density of 30 dwelling units per acre.