Galax, Virginia · District
B-1
Business Limited B-1 District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right16
- grocery stores
- drugstores
- laundries, laundromats and dry cleaners
- barber and beauty shops
- professional offices
- branch banks
- shoe repair shops
- bakeries
- gift, record and tobacco shops
- bookstores
- restaurants
- magazine stands and newsstands
- household furnishings and appliance stores
- off-street parking
- public utilities
- business or identification signs
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Frontage
- FrontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street. increase per additional use50 ft
The lot frontage shall be increased by 50 feet for each additional use.
Other
Apartments on the second floor above commercial.
The setback line for structures shall be 30 feet from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width or 60 feet from the center line of any street, whichever is greater.
- Area requirement for water/sewage systems
For permitted uses utilizing water supply or sewage disposal systems, the required area shall be established by the Health Official.
Signage
- Maximum sign area per side15 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Business or identification signs not exceeding 15 square feet in area per side and not more than two sides.
From the ordinance
The setback line for structures shall be 30 feet from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width or 60 feet from the center line of any street, whichever is greater.