This district is intended to provide for an appropriate variety of uses in the traditional center for commercial, financial, professional, governmental and cultural activities and to promote a convenient and relatively compact arrangement of uses and buildings. Higher density residential uses are permitted by conditional use permit to encourage housing convenient to places of shopping and work.

(Code 1972, § 30-72; Code 1992, § 30-94; Ord. No. 2004-4, § 30-72, 9-7-2004)

In the B-2 Central Business District, structures to be erected, or land to be used, may be for one or more of the following uses (Note: Activities or uses which instruct the reader to see a permitted use serve only as a cross reference to the list of permitted uses and associated conditions, if any. The listing of a cross reference in no way implies that the cross reference is a permitted use or activity. Listed permitted uses which instruct the reader to see also another permitted use or section of the zoning ordinance or town code are intended to refer the reader to additional information that is relevant to that permitted use.):

(1)

Any use permitted in the R-3 Residential District, with a conditional use permit and subject to the use regulations of that district, but subject to the area and dimensional regulations for the B-2 Central Business District, except that uses permitted as conditional uses in the R-3 District, but permitted by right in the B-2 District shall not require a conditional use permit. A single-family dwelling, including a family and one unrelated individual per unit in association with a permitted office, business or commercial use, in the same building or on the same premises for use by the proprietor or an employee of said business shall be permitted, but not subject to said requirements.

(2)

Apartments or other dwellings above street level, including a family and up to two unrelated individuals per unit, designed as an integral part of a building or group of buildings, containing offices, retail or commercial uses. Apartments or other dwellings at or below street level, including a family and up to two unrelated individuals per unit, designed as an integral part of a building or group of buildings containing offices, retail or commercial uses, with a conditional use permit. In approving such mixed use developments due consideration shall be given to such matters as fire safety, light and air, size and number of dwelling units and means of access thereto, location and number of parking spaces, location of dwellings with respect to commercial uses, and amenities provided for use of residential occupants.

(3)

Retail stores, including sale of accessories, antiques, appliances, art or art supplies, beverages (alcoholic or otherwise), books, carpets, clothing, drugs, fabrics, flowers, food, furniture, hardware, jewelry, gifts, office supplies and stationery, shoes, paint, wallpaper, sporting goods, and similar stores and shops.

(4)

Bakeries.

(5)

Banks and other financial institutions.

(6)

Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats.

(7)

Barber and beauty shops.

(8)

Fitness center or health club.

(9)

Home appliance services.

(10)

Theaters and assembly halls.

(11)

Hotels and motels, and bed and breakfast inns.

(12)

Offices, business, professional or administrative.

(13)

Churches and other places of worship.

(14)

Public buildings to consist of fire, police and rescue squad stations, schools, recreational facilities, and libraries. Private buildings to consist of schools, recreational facilities, and libraries with a conditional use permit.

(15)

Hospitals, general.

(16)

Funeral homes and crematories.

(17)

Automobile service stations.

(18)

Clubs and lodges, with a conditional use permit.

(19)

Auto and truck rental, sales and service with a ten-foot front yard setback for vehicle display area. See also Service stations and Commercial garages.

(20)

Restaurants, food handlers and caterers.

(21)

Shoe repair or tailor shop.

(22)

Plumbing and electrical supply with storage under cover.

(23)

Printing and duplicating services.

(24)

Rental of household items, tools and appliances.

(25)

Public utilities, such as poles, lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters and other facilities, necessary for the provision and maintenance of public utilities, including water and sewerage facilities; pumping and regulatory stations; substations; communications antennas; amateur radio towers. Communications monopoles, with a conditional use permit.

(26)

Parking garages with a conditional use permit.

(27)

Off-street parking and loading.

(28)

Signs in accordance with the sign ordinance in article XXIV, signs.

(29)

Dancehalls, with a conditional use permit.

(30)

Commercial garage and/or towing service, with a conditional use permit. See also Auto and truck rental, sales and services and Automobile service stations.

(31)

Radio and television stations and studios or recording studios.

(32)

Industrialized building units, temporary only, for business, institutional, security or construction purposes, with a conditional use permit. A conditional use permit shall not be required for construction trailers on active construction sites.

(33)

The following listed uses, provided not more than five persons are engaged in actual production work, with a conditional use permit:

a.

Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic instruments and devices, radios and phonographs and the manufacture of small parts, such as coils, condensers, transformers and crystal holders.

b.

Commercial cabinet or woodworking shops; blacksmith shops, and welding or machine shops.

c.

Pharmaceutical, medical or dental laboratories.

(34)

Public billiard parlors and poolrooms, game rooms, bowling alleys, skating rinks, indoor and outdoor shooting ranges, paintball courses and similar forms of public amusement, with a conditional use permit.

(35)

Boardinghouses, with a conditional use permit.

(36)

Recycling collection center with a zoning permit application and plan of operation approved by the administrator. The administrator may refer any proposed collection center application to the town planning commission or health official, or both, for their advice as to the desirability, practicability or health effects of any such center before issuing a zoning permit to any collection center applicant. Collection center zoning permits may be revoked at any time by the administrator or health official when such recycling center poses a threat to public safety, health or general welfare.

(37)

Child day care centers or family day homes, with a conditional use permit.

(38)

Tattoo parlors and body piercing establishments, with approval of the county health department.

(39)

Portable storage containers, in accordance with section 42-662.

(40)

Janitorial services.

(41)

Personal service establishments.

(42)

Farmers' markets, with a conditional use permit.

(43)

Loudspeaker/sound amplification/outdoor sound system to be used in excess of the town's noise ordinance, with a conditional use permit.

(44)

Leisure and enrichment service.

(45)

Microbrewery with capacity not to exceed 5,000 barrels per year.

(46)

Museums, art galleries and art studios.

Note: The following activities or uses serve only as a cross reference to permitted uses listed above which may or may not have conditions attached to the use. The listing of the following cross reference in no way implies that they are a permitted use or activity unless permitted elsewhere within this section. ed.:

Amusement activities, see Public billiard, game rooms.

Appliance service, see Home appliance service.

Bed and breakfast, see Hotels, motels.

Dressmaking, see Shoe repair and tailor shop.

Electrical supply, see Plumbing and electrical supply.

Garages, see Commercial garages and Automobile service stations.

Home appliance service, see Home appliance service.

Tailoring shop, see Shoe repair or tailor shop.

Tourist homes, see Hotels, motels.

(Code 1972, § 30-73; Code 1992, § 30-95; Ord. of 10-24-1989; Ord. of 7-2-1991; Ord. of 6-2-1998; Ord. of 12-7-1999; Ord. No. 2000-2, 4-18-2000; Ord. No. 2001-1, 4-17-2001; Ord. No. 2004-4, § 30-73, 9-7-2004; Ord. No. 2007-1, 4-3-2007; Ord. No. 2008-4, 11-18-2008; Ord. No. 2008-6, 12-2-2008; Ord. No. 2012-6, § 30-95, 6-19-2012; Ord. No. 2012-10, § 30-95, 11-20-2012; Ord. No. 2017-7, 9-12-2017; Ord. No. 2018-4, 4-24-2018; Ord. No. 2018-5, 9-11-2018; Ord. No. 2019-4, 3-12-2019; Ord. No. 2019-6, 6-25-2019)

There shall be no minimum lot area or width required; except that the required area for permitted uses utilizing individual sewage disposal systems shall be approved by the health official and except that townhouses shall not exceed a density of 20 dwelling units per acre and multiple-family dwellings shall not exceed a density of 30 dwelling units per acre. The administrator may require a greater area, if considered necessary by the health official.

(Code 1972, § 30-74; Code 1992, § 30-96; Ord. No. 2004-4, § 30-74, 9-7-2004)

There shall be no setback requirements, except within the area formed by a straight line connecting two points, one in each street, on the adjacent street right-of-way line 20 feet distant from the intersection of the two street right-of-way lines which border the property and as provided in article XVII for special setback regulations pertaining to the widening of highways and streets.

(Code 1972, § 30-75; Code 1992, § 30-97; Ord. No. 2004-4, § 30-75, 9-7-2004; Ord. No. 2007-1, 4-3-2007)

(a)

There shall be no minimum frontage, front yard setback, side yard setback or rear yard regulations, except that no building or structure shall be located closer than ten feet to the boundary of a residential district. However, no building or structure shall be located within any easement or right-of-way. Additionally, gas station pump island locations shall comply with Virginia Department of Transportation setbacks. There shall be no height regulation with the exception that structures greater than 70 feet shall require conditional use permit approval. Town water tanks shall be exempt from the conditional use permit requirement.

(b)

Sidewalks shall be required for all new development. The zoning administrator/town manager may waive this requirement in circumstances that sidewalks do not provide desired connectivity and/or are not physically practical due to site limitations, provided the owner/developer makes a contribution in an amount approximate to the sidewalk installation cost to the town to be utilized for sidewalk improvements and/or repairs in other locations. The zoning administrator/town manager may refer the decision regarding the connectivity and/or practicality to the planning commission should there be any doubts. The town manager/town engineer shall make the determination of the approximate sidewalk installation cost.

Sidewalks shall be required whenever a new principal building is built or an existing principal building is renovated or expanded sufficiently to increase its value by 25 percent before a certificate of occupancy may be issued.

(Code 1972, § 30-76; Code 1992, § 30-98; Ord. of 6-20-1989; Ord. of 6-2-1998; Ord. No. 2004-4, § 30-76, 9-7-2004; Ord. No. 2012-6, § 30-98, 6-19-2012; Ord. No. 2015-1, 4-28-2015)