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Elkton, Virginia · District

B-3

Planned Business District B-3
CommercialPlanned BusinessAll Elkton districts0

Dimensional standards

B-3 lot requirementsSTREETFront 40 ftRear 25 ftSide 25 ftMin frontage 50 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.

Lot

Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
50 ft

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
40 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
Minimum landscaping
10%

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Two-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Three-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Four-plus family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

Uses

Permitted by right4

  • A plot plan indicating the location of present and proposed buildings, driveways, parking lots, signs, landscaping, and other necessary uses.
  • Preliminary plans for the proposed building or buildings.
  • Engineering or architectural plans for the handling of any of the problems of the type outlined in Subsection B(3) above, including the handling of stormwater and sewers and necessary plans for the controlling of smoke or any other nuisances under Subsection B(3) above.
  • Any other information the Planning Commission or Town Council needs to adequately consider the effect that the proposed uses may have upon the area, and/or the cost of providing municipal services to the area.

Conditional / special use1

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Buffer grade requirement

    The buffer zone, upon completion of the development of the project, shall be at or near the same grade or plane which existed prior to the development of the project, unless otherwise expressly reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission and the Town Council.

  • Buffer landscaping requirement10 ft

    At least 10 feet of its width shall be landscaped and maintained with grass, trees, or shrubs. The remaining fifteen-foot width can also be maintained as above or can be utilized as part of the parking area, or simply left as open space, but no building or signs, or other structural improvements shall be erected upon it.

From the ordinance

C. Area regulations. In this district the area regulations, maximum lot coverage, height regulations, and off-street parking shall comply with the requirements of the B-2 District, with the additional requirements as listed below. ... There shall be a forty-foot setback from the front property line to the improvements and a twenty-five-foot setback from all adjoining property to the improvements.
§ 110-612