611.00

Uses

Extracted standards

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

From the ordinance

Within the General Manufacturing District (GM) the following uses are permitted: ...

Use details

{
  "dropped_conditions": {
    "accessory_uses": [
      "Existing structures to include towers, power towers, water tanks, telephone poles, commercial buildings and rooftops, may be used to affix commercial radio, television, and communication antennas provided the requirements of article 13 are met"
    ],
    "permitted_uses": [
      "Enterprises in which goods are generally mass produced from raw material on a larger scale through use of an assembly line or similar process, usually for sale to wholesalers or other industrial or manufacturing uses. Included in this use type are industries involved in processing and/or refining raw materials such as rubber, wood or wood pulp, forging, casting, melting, refining, extruding, rolling, drawing, and/or alloying ferrous metals, and the production of large durable goods such as automobiles and manufactured homes",
      "Adult businesses. In addition to all other requirements, any adult business shall conform to the following requirements: (a) The business shall be located at least 500 feet away from any residential or agricultural-forestall zoning district, and at least 500 feet from the property line of any land used for any of the following: I. A dwelling; II. A nursing home, assisted living facility, or similar institution; III. An adult day care center; IV. A child day care center; V. A public or private educational facility, school, college or university; VI. A public park; VII. A public or private library, museum or cultural center; VIII. A church or other place of worship; IX. A hotel, motel or boardinghouse; X. An entertainment business which is oriented primarily towards children or family entertainment; XI. A licensed premises, licensed pursuant to the alcoholic beverage control regulations of the state; and XII. Any other adult business. (b) Adult merchandise shall not be visible from any point outside the establishment. (c) Signs or attention-getting devices for the business shall not contain any words or graphics depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, as defined in Buena Vista Land Development Regulations under section 712.00. (d) The business shall not begin service to the public or any outside activity before 7:00 a.m. local time. Hours of operation for any adult movie theater, adult nightclub or other business providing adult entertainment shall not extend after 1:00 a.m. local time. Hours of operation for any adult bookstore, adult video store, adult model studio, adult store or any other adult business except an adult motel shall not extend after 12:00 midnight local time. (e) In any adult business other than an adult motel or adult movie theater, there shall be no viewing of videotapes, computer disks, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, virtual reality devices, internet sites or files transmitted over the internet, or similar media characterized by an emphasis on matter depicting, describing or relating to specified sexual activities or specified anatomical areas, as defined in Buena Vista Land Development Regulations under section 712.00, while on the premises. (f) Adult merchandise shall be located in a conspicuously marked separate room or other area inaccessible to persons under 18 years of age, with the room configured to that is remains open to plain view at all times. (g) The interior of the enclosed premises shall be equipped with overhead lighting fixtures that at all times illuminate every place patrons are permitted access, with an illumination of not less than two-foot candles measured at floor level. (g1) A foot candle is how bright the light is one foot away from the source. (h) Wide angle mirrors must be used to provide the manager with continuous monitoring of all areas of the establishment. (i) All owners, operators, managers, employees, associates, and entertainers shall be at least 18 years of age. (j) The owner or operator shall operate and maintain a security camera and videotape or digital file system designed and installed by a private security service business licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Surveillance cameras shall continuously monitor and record images of all entrances, exits, parking areas, and all areas of the establishment where the adult business is conducted, except for the sleeping rooms of an adult motel. Such cameras shall provide clear imagery of the establishment's premises, patrons and their vehicles and of any vehicles otherwise entering onto the premises. Videotapes or digital files systems recording activities in the areas under surveillance shall be preserved for a period of not less than four months. Authorized representatives of the Buena Vista Police or the Buena Vista Planning Department shall have prompt access to recovery of such videotapes or digital files upon request. (k) The owner or operator shall provide adequate lighting for all entrances, exits and off street parking areas serving the adult business, and all areas of the establishment where the adult business is conducted, except for private rooms of an adult motel or the movie viewing areas in an adult movie theater. \"Adequate lighting\" means sufficient lighting for clear visual and security camera surveillance and recording of all images on the premises at all times one hour before dusk and one hour after dawn."
    ],
    "conditional_uses": [
      "Commercial radio, television, and communication towers along with related buildings and equipment provided the requirements of article 13 are met"
    ]
  }
}