Staunton, Virginia · District
HE-1
Higher Education District
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right19
- Colleges and Universities, Public or Private
- Classroom and laboratory buildings
- Administrative, business, and faculty offices
- Dormitories
- Faculty, staff and student housing
- Student activity buildings
- Athletic and recreation facilities
- Dining facilities and kitchens
- Libraries
- Museums
- Theaters and entertainment facilities
- Book stores, snack bars and facilities for the sale of retail goods
- Post office facilities
- Physical plant facilities
- Infirmaries and medical facilities
- Any use permitted by right in the R-4 residential district
- Bulletin boards, identification or directional signs not exceeding 20 square feet
- Incidental and accessory uses and structures
- Co-location of telecommunication antenna and related equipment
Conditional / special use3
- New buildings located closer than 75 feet to a public street or residential district
- Conversion of existing single-family residences to student housing
- Conversion of existing single-family residences to any use when conversion will materially alter the external appearance of the building
Accessory1
- Co-location of telecommunication antenna and related equipment as regulated in SCC 18.185.020(4). (Zoning ordinance Art.
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Maximum sports scoreboard area40 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Sports scoreboards shall not exceed 40 square feet in area and 20 feet in height.
- Maximum sports scoreboard heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.20 ft
Sports scoreboards shall not exceed 40 square feet in area and 20 feet in height.
- Maximum sign area20 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Bulletin boards, identification or directional signs not exceeding 20 square feet in area are permitted.
- Flashing or intermittent illumination prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Flashing or intermittent illumination is prohibited.
- Sign setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from street rights-of-way0.5 required_setback
Signs shall be attached to building or located not closer than one-half the required setback from the street rights-of-way
From the ordinance
Higher education districts are intended to provide appropriate areas for the development and operation of colleges and universities... No building shall exceed four and one-half stories in height... Parking spaces required on the grounds or campus of the college or university shall be two spaces per three teachers and employees... plus one space per three students.
Parking requirements
{
"students": "1 space per 3 students",
"teachers_employees": "2 spaces per 3 teachers and employees"
}