Williamsburg, Virginia · District
LB-4
Limited Business Corridor District
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 20%
Housing
Servicing
- Applies near
- Route 199
- Applies within
- 75 ft
- Geographic extent
- Greenbelt requirements along streets designated as greenbelts, with 75 ft along Route 199.
Uses
Permitted by right12
- bank/financial institution (≤10,000 sqft building)
- convenience service establishment (barbershop, beauty parlor, spa, tailor, shoe repair) (≤10,000 sqft building)
- medical/dental office/clinic (≤10,000 sqft building)
- office (≤10,000 sqft building)
- veterinary hospital/clinic (no outdoor activities) (≤10,000 sqft building)
- playground, park, unlighted athletic field (city-owned)
- public art
- public building (city-owned)
- off-street parking/loading
- signs per Article VI
- accessory uses per Section 21-603
- home occupation per Section 21-606
Conditional / special use6
- church/religious worship (special use permit)
- uses in building >10,000 sqft (special use permit)
- business use ≤2,000 sqft (office supply, pharmacy, printing) (special use permit)
- nursing home/assisted-living facility (special use permit)
- lighted athletic field (city-owned) (special use permit)
- school/college/university (special use permit)
Accessory1
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
5 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 hospital60 ft
A hospital may be erected up to 60 feet from grade.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for public/semipublic buildings45 ft
A public or semipublic building such as a school, church or library may be erected up to 45 feet from grade.
Other
- Greenbelt width along designated streets50 ft
Along streets designated by the comprehensive plan as greenbelts, a greenbelt of at least 50 feet shall be provided along the street line; except that at least 75 feet shall be required along Route 199.
- Greenbelt width along Route 19975 ft
At least 75 feet shall be required along Route 199.
- Transitional screening width when adjacent to residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.25 ft
A landscaped open space for transitional screening at least 25 feet in width shall be provided along side and rear property lines when adjacent to a lot in a residential zoning district.
From the ordinance
This district is established to allow the location of office and limited commercial uses along the city's major highway corridors in a low-intensity manner that can be employed as a transitional land use between residential neighborhoods and higher-intensity uses.