Washington County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

M-1

Limited Industrial District

Dimensional standards

M-1 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 10 ftSide 10 ftMIN LOT AREA1 acMAX HEIGHT35 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE70%
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 right16

Conditional / special use6

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Enclosed building requirement

    Permitted uses in the M-1 district shall be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building or within an area enclosed on all sides by a solid masonry wall, a uniformly painted solid board fence or evergreen.

  • Landscaping in the M-1 district may be required within any established or required front setback area. The plans and execution must take into consideration traffic hazards. Landscaping may be permitted up to a height of three feet and to within 50 feet from the corner of any intersecting streets.

  • Plan submission requirement

    Before a building permit shall be issued or construction commenced on any permitted use in the M-1 district, or a permit issued for a new use, the plans, in sufficient detail to show the operations and processes, shall be submitted to the zoning administrator for study.

  • Screening from adjacent districts

    Sufficient area shall be provided to adequately screen permitted uses from adjacent business and residential districts and for off-street parking of vehicles incidental to the industry, the employees and clients.

  • Screening from public road

    There shall be allowed up to three years after December 31, 1971, in which to completely screen, on any side open to view from a public road, the operation or use by a masonry wall, a uniformly painted solid board fence, a galvanized or painted metal fence, or an evergreen hedge six feet in height.

From the ordinance

The lot area for each permitted use in the M-1 district shall be as follows: (1) A minimum of one acre with no public water or sewer. (2) A minimum of 30,000 square feet with public water. (3) A minimum of 15,000 square feet with public sewer and water.
Sec. 66-496 to 66-504

Use details

{
  "dropped_conditions": {
    "permitted_uses": [
      "Manufacture, compounding, assembling or treatment of articles of merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: bone, cellophane, canvas, cloth, cork, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, paint, paper, plastic, precious or semiprecious metals or stones, rubber, shell, straw, textiles, tobacco, wood, and yarn.",
      "Utilities and public services as follows: a. Poles, overhead and underground lines, distribution transformers, meters, street lighting and related appurtenances necessary for the transmission and distribution of electric and telecommunication services, including electricity generating plants, electrical power substations, electrical power transmission towers, telecommunication switching facilities and telecommunication towers and antennas. b. Underground pipes and lines, manholes, pumping and booster stations, meters and related appurtenances necessary for the transmission and distribution of potable water, wastewater collection, and natural gas transmission and distribution. c. Solid waste disposal convenience station and/or transfer station operated by the county after a public hearing shall have been held by the board of supervisors."
    ]
  }
}