Dimensional standards
Lot
Servicing
- Applies near
- East Market Street, West Market Street, North King Street, South King Street, Edwards Ferry Road
- Geographic extent
- Five segments along East Market Street, West Market Street, North King Street, South King Street, and Edwards Ferry Road; on developed residential lots, extends no more than 15 feet from right-of-way.
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Building orientation requirement
Buildings that have frontage on a public or private street shall be oriented toward, and approximately parallel to, the street.
- Off-street loading location
Off-street loading docks, dumpsters, utility meters, waste and/or recycling receptacles shall be located either internally or at the side or rear of buildings and shall not be directly visible from a public street.
Other
- Structure size requiring Board of Architectural Review5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The proposed structure size exceeds 5,000 gross square feet; or the structure is comprised of four (4) or more stories; or multiple new structures are proposed on the site and exceed 5,000 square feet in total.
- Decision time for Certificate of Appropriateness75 days
The Preservation Planner or the Board of Architectural Review shall render a final decision within seventy-five (75) days or less after the acceptance of a completed application.
- Demolition threshold requiring certificate40 pct
Any removal of forty percent (40%) or more of the total exterior wall or roof surface of any building shall require a Certificate of Demolition.
- Exemptions from Gateway DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to regular maintenance, single-family detached dwellings, attached dwellings existing as of date of enactment, construction within approved proffered Planned Development Districts, shade structures, and tents.
- Extension of Certificate of Appropriateness6 months
The applicant can obtain a six-month extension from the Zoning Administrator... limited to two (2) consecutive six-month extensions for a total of one year.
- Lapse of Certificate of Appropriateness24 months
Construction has commenced within two years (24 months) from the date the Certificate of Appropriateness was issued.
- Maximum minor alteration without BAR review10 pct
repositioning, or enlargement/reduction no greater than 10% in the size of a non-historic doorway or window opening, on a secondary resource or on the rear of a primary resource.
- Preservation Planner demolition authority for small structures400 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The Preservation Planner shall have the authority to issue a Certificate of Demolition for any structure that is 400 square feet or less in total area.
- Gateway DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. width on developed residential lots15 ft
On West Market Street the Gateway District shall not extend more than fifteen feet (15') from the adjacent right-of-way line onto the property of any developed residential lot.
From the ordinance
The Gateway District (Overlay) is hereby established as an overlay on the Official Zoning Map under authority of Section 15.2-2306 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, with boundaries to include all or parts of parcels as shown on the aforesaid Official Zoning Map.