Galax, Virginia · District
M-1
Industrial Light M-1 District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right20
- assembly of electrical appliances
- manufacture of electronic components
- automobile assembly and repair
- welding or machine shop
- pharmaceutical or medical laboratory
- manufacture of food and cosmetic products
- manufacture of articles from prepared materials
- ceramic products manufacturing
- building material sales yard
- plumbing supplies storage
- contractor equipment storage and rental
- cabinet and furniture shop
- upholstery shop
- boatbuilding
- monumental stone works
- veterinary hospital
- kennels
- wholesale business
- storage warehouse
- truck terminal
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Evergreen trees on residential boundary
Landscaping in the form of evergreen trees shall be maintained on property lines joining any residential district boundary.
Noise
- Noise containment
Any use which creates noise shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed building.
Other
- Corner lot street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.20 ft
On corner lots, the side yard which faces on a street shall be 20 feet or more.
- Nuisance uses prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Any industrial use which could constitute a nuisance because of odor, fumes, smoke, noise or vibrations will not be permitted.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. adjacent to residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.10 ft
Wherever a building is built upon a lot adjacent to a residential district boundary, there shall be provided a side yard of 10 feet or more on the side of the building adjacent to the district boundary line.
From the ordinance
Area regulations for each use shall not be less than 10,000 square feet. The setback line for structures shall be 20 feet from any street right-of-way.