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Petersburg, Virginia · District

M-1

Light Industrial District
IndustrialLight IndustrialAll Petersburg districts0

Dimensional standards

M-1 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaRear 10 ftSide 10 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ft / 2 stories
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.

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
2

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Two-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Three-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Four-plus family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

Uses

Permitted by right100

Conditional / special use4

Accessory2

Prohibited4

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Additional heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. rule

    Whenever any building in the M-1 Light Industrial District adjoins or abuts upon a residential district, such building shall not exceed two (2) stories nor thirty-five (35) feet in height, unless it is set back one foot from all required yard lines for each one foot of additional height above thirty-five feet.

  • Data center buffer earthen berm heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft

    The buffer shall consist of an earthen berm that has a minimum height of six (6) feet and a slope not steeper than two-to-one (2:1)

  • Data center buffer earthen berm slope

    slope not steeper than two-to-one (2:1)

  • Minimum percentage of large evergreen trees in buffer40 pct

    a minimum of forty (40) percent of the plantings shall be large evergreen trees on minimum 20-foot centers

  • Data center buffer planting rate120 plants per 100 linear feet

    plantings including a combination of large and understory deciduous trees, large and small evergreen trees, and ornamental trees and shrubs at a rate of one hundred and twenty (120) plants per one hundred (100) linear feet

  • Maximum percentage of shrubs in buffer20 pct

    no more than twenty (20) percent of the plantings shall be shrubs

  • Data center vegetated buffer width50 ft

    A vegetated buffer fifty (50) feet in width shall be required along any property line abutting or across a road from a property used or zoned for residential purposes or a public park; for sites on which seventy (70) percent or more of the existing open space or vegetated area is cleared for the development, the buffer shall be a minimum of one hundred (100) feet in width.

  • Closed-loop cooling system required if water-based cooling

    Closed-loop systems shall be utilized if water-based cooling is employed for the facility.

  • Barbed wire prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. within 35 feet of public street35 ft

    Fencing of the property is permitted, provided that fencing within thirty-five (35) feet of a public street does not include barbed wire or other similar visible intrusion deterrence devices

  • Mechanical equipment sound attenuation required

    All mechanical equipment, both on ground and roof-mounted equipment, shall be attenuated through sound mitigation measures including, but not limited to, sound muffling materials

  • Pre- and post-construction noise studies required

    For sites that abut property used or zoned for residential purposes or a public park, the following noise studies must be prepared by a Commonwealth Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) verifying the maximum sound levels for the development

  • Data center principal structure setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential or park property line100 ft

    All principal structures shall be set back at least one hundred (100) feet from any property line abutting a property used or zoned for residential purposes or a public park.

From the ordinance

There shall be a side yard not less than 10 feet on the side of a lot adjoining a residence district; rear yard 10 feet; building adjoining residential district shall not exceed 2 stories nor 35 feet in height.
Article 17, Sections 2 and 3

Use details

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  "dropped_conditions": {
    "conditional_uses": [
      "For sites that abut property used or zoned for residential purposes or a public park, the following noise studies must b",
      "A pre-construction study shall be submitted at the time of site plan review evaluating the existing noise conditions pri",
      "A post-construction study of noise conditions at the time of operations shall be submitted at least one (1) month but no",
      "All mechanical equipment, both on ground and roof-mounted equipment, shall be attenuated through sound mitigation measur",
      "Closed-loop systems shall be utilized if water-based cooling is employed for the facility. This requirement may be waive"
    ]
  }
}