Alexandria, Virginia · General provision

Section 4-1200, 4-1202, 4-1202.1, 4-1203, 4-1205

Light Medium IndustrialAll Alexandria districts0

Dimensional standards

Uses

Prohibited1

  • any use which is not a permitted, special or accessory use

Extracted standards

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

Design

Other

  • A day care center shall submit for the director's review a pick-up and drop-off plan that adequately ensures the safe transfer of children and creates minimal impact on pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

  • All uses within enclosed building or screened area

    All uses and operations shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building or an area enclosed on all sides with screening or buffering adequate and reasonable to protect adjacent nearby uses, as determined by the director, with the exception of outdoor uses pursuant to this section 4-1200 and City Code section 5-2-29, as applicable.

  • First floor use restriction for new buildings

    In buildings constructed after December 16, 2023, uses occupying the first floor shall be limited to the following: Building lobby with 30 feet of frontage or less; Health and athletic club or fitness studio; Personal service establishment; Recreation and entertainment uses, indoor; Restaurants pursuant to 4-1202(V.1) or 4-1292.1(A.1); Retail shopping establishment.

  • No use shall be conducted in any manner which would render it noxious or offensive by reason of dust, refuse matter, odor, smoke, gas, fumes, noise, vibration or glare.

  • Tobacco retail proximity restriction

    Retail shopping establishments with a principal use selling tobacco products... are prohibited on property within 1,000 linear feet of a child day care center, or a public or private academic early childhood, elementary, middle, or high school.

From the ordinance

The maximum permitted floor area ratio is .85, except that the floor area ratio may be increased to an amount not to exceed 1.25 with a special use permit. The maximum permitted height of a building is 50 feet...
Section 4-1200, 4-1202, 4-1202.1, 4-1203, 4-1205

Use details

{
  "dropped_conditions": {
    "conditional_uses": [
      "automobile and trailer rental or sales area, other than pursuant to section 4-1202.1",
      "motor vehicle parking or storage for more than 20 vehicles, other than pursuant to section 4-1202.1",
      "outdoor dining on private property, other than pursuant to sections 4-1202 and 4-1202.1",
      "outdoor market, other than pursuant to section 4-1202.1",
      "outdoor garden center, other than pursuant to section 4-1202.1"
    ]
  }
}