Sec. 24-3710
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Glen Allen Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. as delineated on the Zoning Districts Map
Uses
Permitted by right1
- restaurant as accessory use to a bed and breakfast home
Conditional / special use4
- retail uses in which a single business occupies more than 5,000 square feet of floor area
- automotive filling and service stations with more than four fuel pumps
- hours of service to the general public after 12:00 midnight or prior to 6:00 am
- all uses in the Industrial Use Classification
Prohibited6
- attention getting devices
- outside speakers audible beyond property lines (except temporary events sponsored/approved by County)
- adult businesses
- drive-through windows
- outdoor display of retail products during nonbusiness hours
- vending machines for food and beverage outside of an enclosed building
Extracted standards
18 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Minimum landscape area width9 ft
Each parking lot must include one landscape area at least nine feet in width
- Landscape area per 9 parking spaces162 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Each parking lot must include one landscape area at least nine feet in width and containing at least 162 square feet for every line of nine parking spaces.
- Maximum building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.25 ft
Buildings and structures must not exceed a height of 25 feet unless a provisional use permit is issued
- Maximum parking rows in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.1 rows
No more than one row of parking along one side of one drive aisle may be located in any front yard.
- 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 maintained at a height that does not exceed 2 ½ feet in a public right-of-way, sight distance triangle, or sight distance easement, and 3½ feet in all other locations.
- Maximum shrub heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in public right-of-way2.5 ft
The shrubbery must be maintained at a height that does not exceed 2 ½ feet in a public right-of-way, sight distance triangle, or sight distance easement
- Maximum streetscape buffer width20 ft
All new development and redevelopment abutting the portions of Mountain Road and Old Washington Highway within the district must include streetscape buffers with a minimum width of 10 feet and a maximum width of 20 feet.
- Minimum enhanced transitional buffer width15 ft
Parcels zoned for business or industrial use that abut a Residential district must provide an enhanced transitional buffer at least 15 feet wide in addition to the transitional buffer required under Sec. 24-5310
- Minimum shrubs per 100 feet of frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.25 shrubs/100ft
An average of 25 shrubs for each 100 feet of road frontage, except for driveways.
- Minimum streetscape buffer width10 ft
All new development and redevelopment abutting the portions of Mountain Road and Old Washington Highway within the district must include streetscape buffers with a minimum width of 10 feet and a maximum width of 20 feet.
- Minimum trees per 100 feet of frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.4 trees/100ft
An average of four trees for each 100 feet of road frontage, except where driveways are located.
- Parking lot paving material
Each parking lot must be paved with asphalt or an alternative material approved at the time of plan of development.
- Screening required for mechanical equipment
On properties zoned or used for office, commercial, industrial, or multi-family residential use, heating and air conditioning units, ventilation units, loading docks, recycling and refuse containers, and mechanical equipment must be screened from view at the property line.
- Tree trunk clearance heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
Such trees must be maintained clear of branches and vegetation from the ground up to a height of eight feet.
Signage
- Maximum monument sign area20 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Signs located within the streetscape buffer must be monument-style and must not exceed six feet in height or 20 square feet in area.
- Maximum monument sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Signs located within the streetscape buffer must be monument-style and must not exceed six feet in height or 20 square feet in area.
- Minimum sign change interval10 minutes
The display on a sign must not change more often than once every ten minutes.
- Comprehensive sign program required
Each plan of development must include a comprehensive sign program that specifies the location and size of all proposed signs
From the ordinance
The boundaries of the Glen Allen Overlay (GA-O) District are delineated on the Zoning Districts Map.