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Buena Vista, Virginia · General provision

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Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA6,250 sq ft
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.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
6,250 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

Servicing

Applies near
Seminary Hill
Geographic extent
Seminary Hill Neighborhood, including areas along Beech Avenue, 25th-28th Streets, and the Dinky/Mineral Ridge

Extracted standards

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

Height

  • Building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limits

    In the mixed business district new buildings may not be taller than one story greater than adjacent structures, max three stories. In the institutional district east of Beech Ave to west of Chestnut Ave, north of Park and 25th St to south of 28th St, max six stories if base at foot of ridge and height ≤1,000 ft MSL (48 ft above Main Hall base) without CUP. In the Dinky/Mineral Ridge area south of 29th St and east of Birch Ave, max three stories. No building shall obstruct view of Main Hall from the south.

Lighting

  • Outside lighting

    Outside lighting appendix F of the Buena Vista Land Development Regulations.

Other

  • Certificate of appropriateness required

    No architectural features of any buildings or structures within the district which are subject to public view from a public street shall be altered, nor shall any building or structure, including signs, hereafter be erected, reconstructed, altered, relocated or restored within such district, unless and until an application for a certificate of appropriateness shall have been approved by the historic district review committee.

  • Drive-through facilities

    Drive-through facilities shall be considered an accessory use and shall require a conditional use permit.

  • Landscaping plan

    All new construction except single- and two-family homes are required to submit a landscaping plan.

  • Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. in mixed business districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.6,250 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    The minimum area for new construction in the mixed business district is 6,250 square feet. There is no minimum lot size in the institutional district.

  • Roads, streets and sidewalks

    All new streets or roads must be built according to appendices C and D of the Buena Vista Land Development Regulations and the Buena Vista Street Construction Policy.

  • Site plan requirement

    Construction of any building except single- and two-family homes requires the submission of a site plan that must be reviewed by the planning commission.

Parking

  • Off-site parking allowed

    Parking space requirements for any use may be provided for off-site. All parking lots and structures shall conform to section 703 and appendix E, except lots fronting on the west side of Beech Avenue from 25th Street to Ivy Avenue shall conform to 703.03.

Signage

  • Signs

    Signs shall conform to section 706 of the Buena Vista Land Development Regulations.

From the ordinance

Seminary Hill District overlay regulations: site plans, parking, signs, building height, lot size, landscaping, roads, lighting, drive-through, certificate of appropriateness.
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