Franklin, Virginia · District
M-1
Light Industrial District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right27
- Retail sales
- Retail service
- Industry Type 1
- Medical facility
- Railroad yard
- Blacksmith
- Kennel, commercial
- Wholesale trade
- Mini-Storage facility
- Construction office temporary
- Construction sales and service
- Construction yard
- Contractor office and storage facility
- Custom manufacturing
- Equipment sales and service
- Garden center
- Greenhouse, commercial
- Motor vehicle, dealership
- Motor vehicle repair service, major
- Public maintenance and service facility
- Public utility, community
- Public utility, neighborhood
- Shipping container
- Truck stop
- Truck terminal
- Existing railroad lines
- Warehousing and distribution
Conditional / special use7
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Fence and wall regulations
Fences and walls per §2.9.
Floodplain
- FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. regulations
Floodplain regulations per article XXI.
Other
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. structure regulations
Accessory structure location and size per §19.2(11).
- Aircraft approach regulations
Aircraft approach regulations per article XX.
- Railroad use restriction
Existing railroad lines are permitted, but not including switching or storage yards, or other station facilities.
Parking
- Parking regulations
Parking regulations per article XVIII.
Signage
- Sign regulations
Sign regulations per article XXII.
From the ordinance
All structures shall be set back at least 25 feet from the right-of-way of any primary highway or other street. The maximum height of all structures shall not exceed 80 feet and shall not exceed six stories.