Covington, Virginia · General provision

Article XVI, Section 5(5-3)

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
C-3, M-1, or M-2 zoning districts

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Adult merchandise not visible from outside

    Adult merchandise shall not be visible from any point outside of the establishment.

  • Minimum distance from other adult use1,000 ft

    No adult use may be established within 1,000 feet of any other such adult use in any zoning district.

  • No adult use may be established within 750 feet of a residentially zoned district (R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4)

  • Minimum distance from sensitive uses750 ft

    nor within 750 feet of any property occupied by a church or other place of worship, public library, public or private school, educational institution, public park, playground, playfield, lodging house, tourist home, child day care center, hotel, or motel.

  • Signs shall not depict specified activities

    Signs or attention-getting devices for businesses shall not depict or describe specified sexual activities or sexual anatomical areas as defined herein.

  • Special exception permit required

    Each of the above stated uses shall require a special exception permit.

From the ordinance

Each of the above stated uses shall require a special exception permit. Such permit shall be subject to the requirements governing special exceptions as set forth herein. These uses may only be considered in a C-3, M-1, or M-2 zoning districts.
Article XVI, Section 5(5-3)