Hamilton, Virginia · District

C-2

Retail Sales and Service Commercial District
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Dimensional standards

C-2 lot requirementsSTREETMin width 100 ftMin depth 150 ftMIN LOT AREA20,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE50 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE40%MAX IMPERVIOUS80%
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 right18

Conditional / special use17

  • Hotel, motel, motor lodge, or tourist home
  • Institutions, educational or philanthropic, including museums and art galleries
  • Nursery schools, kindergartens, child care centers, day nurseries, or day care centers
  • Private club, lodge, meeting or assembly hall, or fraternal organization or sorority, health club or fitness center
  • Radio, television or other communication tower not more than 75 feet in height measured from the ground level of the tower
  • Recreational uses or facilities for a private membership, such as clubs and lodges, game courts, swimming pools, archery range, picnic grounds, or similar activities, and accessory facilities, including sale of food, beverages, bait, incidentals, supplies and equipment
  • Business or technical schools
  • Billiard parlors or pool rooms, bowling alleys, theaters, electronic game center, miniature golf, or similar recreational establishments, indoor or outdoor
  • Plumbing and electrical supply service and sales
  • Feed and seed sales
  • Catering
  • Commercial buildings in excess of 5,000 square feet
  • Restaurants, adjacent to a residential use, with or without drive through service
  • Public or governmental buildings as described in Section 1.3.13
  • Public utility or public service facilities as described in Section 1.3.14
  • Telecommunications service equipment and facilities on publicly owned property
  • Stone monument establishment

Extracted standards

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

Height

Other

  • Equipment screening

    Equipment shall be located in a paved area or on a concrete pad in an area hidden from within or outside the premises, by means of fences, walls, or landscape planning.

  • fences, signs, landscaping, shrubbery, evergreens and trees in excess of three feet in height are prohibited within 15 feet from the corner of a lot at intersecting streets.

  • Refuse screening

    Refuse containers or refuse storage shall be located in a paved area or on a concrete pad and hidden from general public view, either from within or outside the premises, by means of fences, walls, or landscape planting.

  • Site plan requirements

    the plan shall be designed to promote careful use of topography and to promote harmonious relationships with adjacent and nearby residential and business properties, developed or undeveloped, and to this end shall provide effective screening along side and rear property lines by means of fences, walls, hedges, planting screen or natural vegetation in accord with the requirements of this Ordinance.

  • Stormwater drainage

    Provision shall be made for proper storm water drainage from parking and loading areas. Water shall not be permitted to drain from such areas onto adjacent property except into a natural watercourse or a drainage easement as long as the natural watercourse or drainage easement is found to be able to sufficiently handle the increased runoff by the Town Engineer.

From the ordinance

For permitted uses the minimum lot size shall be 20,000 square feet with a minimum lot width of 100 feet and minimum lot depth of 150 feet
Section 6.6

Use details

{
  "dropped_conditions": {
    "permitted_uses": [
      "Bakeries, provided that the majority of products produced on the premises are sold at retail on the premises",
      "Pet shop or dog beauty parlor, provided that any work rooms, cages, pens or kennels be maintained within a completely enclosed, soundproof building and that such shop or parlor be operated in such a way as to produce no objectionable noise or odors outside its walls",
      "Stores or shops for the conduct of retail business, including sale of accessories, antiques, appliances, art or art supplies, beverages (alcoholic or otherwise), books, carpets, clothing, drugs, fabrics, flowers, food, furniture, hardware, jewelry, office supplies and stationery, shoes, paint, wallpaper, sporting goods, and similar stores and shops",
      "Studios or shops for artists, photographers, writers, teachers, jewelers, weavers or other crafts, sculptors or musicians, provided that no heavy machinery or industrial equipment is used in conjunction with this use"
    ],
    "conditional_uses": [
      "Automobile service station, so long as bulk storage of inflammable and/or combustible liquids is underground, but not including temporary storage of wrecked or inoperable vehicles or storage or rental of trailers, campers, vans or similar equipment unless they can be fully screened from public view and provided that there is no parking of vehicles in setback areas",
      "Hospital or clinic for small animals, dogs, cats, birds and the like, provided that such hospital or clinic and any treatment rooms, cages, pens or kennels, be maintained within a completely enclosed, soundproof building, and such hospital or clinic be operated in such a way as to produce no objectionable noise or odors outside its walls",
      "Auto sales, auto service and repair, provided that any outdoor storage of vehicles or equipment can be fully screened from public view and no vehicles shall be parked in setback areas",
      "Lawn mower, yard and garden equipment, rental, sales and service however no storage of wrecked or inoperable machinery or equipment allowed unless it can be fully screened from public view and no equipment or machinery shall be stored in setback areas",
      "Rental of household items, tools and appliances, provided that any outdoor storage of vehicles or equipment can be fully screened from public view and no equipment or machinery shall be stored in setback areas"
    ]
  }
}