Sec. 24-3706
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- West Broad Street
- Geographic extent
- West Broad Street corridor west of the West Broad Street/Interstate 64 interchange to the Goochland County line
Uses
Prohibited2
- display of attention getting devices
- use of outside speakers to produce sound audible beyond property lines
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Consistent architectural style required
Consistent architectural style is required within individual shopping center sites, including outparcels.
- Minimum streetscape buffer width35 ft
streetscape buffers having a minimum width of 35 feet are required for all new development and redevelopment, other than single-family residential development, on West Broad Street, North Gayton Road, John Rolfe Parkway, Lauderdale Drive, Pouncey Tract Road, Pump Road, and Three Chopt Road.
- Minimum transitional buffer width15 ft
a transitional buffer must be provided from all abutting Residential district boundaries a minimum of 15 feet in width and complying with the planting requirements of a Buffer 10 type of transitional buffer.
- Minimum trees per 100 feet of frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.4 trees/100ft
streetscape buffers must contain a minimum of four trees for each 100 feet of road frontage, excluding the width of any driveways.
- Outparcel direct access prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Outparcels that are part of a larger development site or shopping center must not have direct access onto adjacent public roadways.
- Screening required for loading docks, refuse, mechanical equipment
On properties zoned or used for office, commercial, industrial, or multifamily residential use, loading docks, recycling and refuse containers, and mechanical equipment must be screened from view at the property line.
- Maximum shrub heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3.5 ft
The shrubbery must be at least two feet high when planted and must be regularly trimmed for appearance and height not to exceed 3½ feet.
- Minimum shrub heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. at planting2 ft
The shrubbery must be at least two feet high when planted
- Tree trunk clearance heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
The trees must be regularly trimmed so that the tree trunk remains clear of branches and vegetation to a minimum height of six feet above the ground.
Signage
- Maximum monument sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.10 ft
Signs located within the streetscape buffer must be monument-style signs and must not exceed ten feet in height.
- Overall sign plan required
Each parcel must have an overall sign plan which specifies the size and color scheme for proposed signs.
From the ordinance
The district is generally comprised of the area on either side of the West Broad Street corridor west of the West Broad Street/Interstate 64 interchange to the Goochland County line.