B-1
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right56
- agricultural supply store
- auction establishment
- bakery
- building material yard
- drug store
- furniture store
- general store
- gift and antique shop
- hardware store
- lumber and building supply with storage under cover
- plumbing and electrical supply with storage under cover
- wearing apparel store
- auto and home appliance service
- automobile sales and rental
- automobile service station
- barber and beauty shop
- car wash
- caterer
- day care center
- dry cleaner
- funeral home
- indoor health club or fitness center
- laundry and laundromat
- machinery sales and service
- mobile home or travel sales and service
- print shop
- assembly hall
- bank and saving and loan institution
- church
- clinic and nursing home
- club and lodge
- hospital
- hotel
- library
- motel
- office building
- private school and day care center
- public building
- restaurant
- theater
- veterinary clinic/hospital with no outdoor facilities
- firehouse and rescue stations
- public service corporation transmission lines, poles, pipes, meters, transformers, and other facilities necessary for the transmission and maintenance of public service utilities
- water and sewage treatment or distribution facilities
- cabinet maker and repair
- cannery
- commercial dairy
- farm winery with wholesale and/or retail sales
- frozen food locker with processing
- ice storage and supply
- machine shop
- welding or blacksmith shop
- accessory use and building
- office trailer temporary use
- small wind energy system up to 60 feet
- residential/business solar energy systems
Conditional / special use12
- apartment house in existing structures only
- apartment or dwelling located in the main business structure as a secondary use
- single family detached dwelling if lawfully built prior to the date of the special use application
- broadcasting station and facility
- drive-in theater
- office trailer - continuous operation
- public range
- small wind energy system with a tower height of greater than 60 feet to 100 feet
- veterinary clinic/hospital and kennel with run out or animal run
- generating, booster, or relay station (main)
- indoor commercial firearm and/or archery range facility
- mini-storage units
Accessory1
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. buildings near party lot line15 ft
No accessory building which is within ten feet of any party lot line shall be more than 15 feet high.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for dwellings45 ft
The height limit for dwellings may be increased up to 45 feet and up to three stories provided each of the two side yards is ten feet, plus one foot or more for each additional foot of building height over 35 feet.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public/semi-public buildings60 ft
A public or semi-public building such as a school, church, library, or hospital may be erected to a height of 60 feet provided that required front, side, and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet.
Other
- Entrance spacing on Virginia primary roads600 ft
The centerline of any entrance onto a Virginia primary road shall be 600 feet or more from the centerline of any adjacent entrance.
- Entrance spacing on U.S. Route 29900 ft
The centerline of any entrance onto U.S. Route 29 shall be 900 feet or more from the centerline of any adjacent entrance.
- Side and rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when adjacent to residential/agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them./conservation zone50 ft
When permitted uses adjoins or is adjacent to a residential, agricultural or conservation zone, the minimum side and rear yards shall be 50 feet.
Setback
- AccessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. building side/rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.10 ft
All accessory buildings must be located ten feet or more from a side or rear property line.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street right-of-way or centerline
Buildings shall be located 45 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width or 70 feet or more from the center line of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.
From the ordinance
In the Business, General District, B-1, no building shall be erected or altered and no building or premises shall be used for any purpose except the following...