Shenandoah County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

M-2

Limited Industrial District

Dimensional standards

M-2 lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 40 ftRear 30 ftSide 30 ftStreet side 40 ftMin frontage 150 ftMIN LOT AREA30,000 sq ftMAX HEIGHT35 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE80%MIN OPEN SPACE20%
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

Permitted by right29

Extracted standards

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

Fencing & walls

Landscaping & trees

  • Evergreen screen required for self-service storage

    An opaque screen buffer, consisting of staggered double rows of evergreen trees, planted eight feet on center (unless noted otherwise in the chart below) and a minimum of six feet tall at the time of planting.

Other

  • Landscaping may be required

    Landscaping may be required within any established or required front setback area.

  • Minimum entrance width for self-service storage20 ft

    The entrance to the facility shall be at least 20 feet wide, or greater as required by the County Fire Marshal.

  • No structure shall be constructed closer than 100 feet to any adjacent property line if that property is a residential zoned district or contains a residential use; however, this distance may be reduced to 50 feet if a screen buffer consisting of opaque screening is provided.

  • this distance may be reduced to 50 feet if a screen buffer consisting of opaque screening is provided.

  • Screening required to separate uses from adjacent districts

    Sufficient area and/or planting as detailed in the site plan review shall be provided to adequately screen and/or separate uses and parking areas from adjacent districts.

  • Self-service storage screening required

    The self-service storage facility shall be screened in a manner to buffer the visual impact of the facility from public roadways and adjoining properties using one of the following options: Fencing or Evergreen screen.

  • Site plan required

    Before any permit shall be issued or construction commenced on any permitted use in this district, site plans and other documentation, in sufficient detail to show the location of the structure and accessory uses and the operations and processes of the proposed use, shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator for study.

From the ordinance

The minimum lot size shall be 30,000 square feet. Buildings shall be located 40 feet or more from any street right-of-way. The minimum frontage shall be 150 feet. Each side and rear yard shall be a minimum of 30 feet from the principal structure... Structures may be erected up to a height of 35 feet. The maximum building coverage on a lot shall be 80% with a required minimum green area of 20%.
§ 165-19