Culpeper County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 6
1A.- CONVENIENCE CENTER DISTRICT C-C11
Editor's note— Ord. of 1-4-2011, amended App. A, Art. 6.1A, in its entirety to read as herein set out. Former App. A, Art. 6.1A, §§ 6.1A-1—6.1A-9, pertained to the same subject matter, and derived from Ord. of 11-6-1991.
6.1A-1.- Statement of intent.
This district provides for limited convenience commercial uses to serve rural residents and supplement neighborhood and community areas. Typically a country store providing essential goods in the rural areas, a number of uses are included to consolidate facilities at the crossroads of rural activity. The convenience center is the least intense of commercial services and is intended for only those uses of immediate need to a limited rural area.
6.1A-2. - Use regulations.
The following regulations shall apply in all C-C Districts:
6.1A-2-1 Principal uses and structures:
6.1A-2-1.1 Principal and conditional uses in the R-1 District.
6.1A-2-1.2 Antique shop.
6.1A-2-1.3 Beauty/barber shop.
6.1A-2-1.4 Church.
6.1A-2-1.5 Community buildings, including fire and rescue stations.
6.1A-2-1.6 Convenience or general store [maximum five thousand (5,000) square feet].
6.1A-2-1.7 Delicatessen.
6.1A-2-1.8 Gasoline station (sales only, automotive repair prohibited)
6.1A-2-1.9 Laundromat and dry cleaning pick-up station.
6.1A-2-1.10 Music instruction, conservatory.
6.1A-2-1.11 Post office.
6.1A-2-1.12 Real estate office.
6.1A-2-1.13 Tailor and dressmaker/seamstress.
6.1A-2-1.14 Those uses permitted in the R-3 District identified for multifamily dwelling as a mixed commercial-residential structure, subject to the regulations of the R-3 District.
6.1A-2-2 Conditional uses:
The following uses may also be permitted subject to securing a special use permit as provided for in Article 17:
6.1A-2-2.1 Private clubs.
6.1A-2-2.2 Private schools.
6.1A-2-2.3 Medical, professional and general offices.
6.1A-2-2.4 Public Utilities/Utilities.
(Ord. of 5-7-2024, Att.)
6.1A-3. - Minimum lot area.
The minimum lot area shall be one (1) acre.
6.1A-4. - Lot coverage.
Lot coverage shall be sixty percent (60%) maximum (structure area); twenty percent (20%) green space.
6.1A-5. - Lot width.
Lot width shall be eighty (80) feet at the setback line.
6.1A-6. - Setback.
Setback shall be forty (40) feet from the right-of-way; thirty (30) feet on the side facing a street.
6.1A-7. - Side yard.
Side yards shall be ten (10) feet, each side; fifteen (15) feet adjacent to an A, R, or RA District.
6.1A-8. - Rear yard.
Rear yards shall be fifteen (15) feet.
6.1A-9. - Building height.
Building height shall be thirty (30) feet maximum [two (2) stories].
6.1A-10. - Residential district uses.
Where residential uses are permitted though the inclusion of R zoning district uses in the C-C district, lot area, width, setback and yard requirements, and water and sewer requirements where applicable, of the appropriate R district shall be enforced.
(Ord. of 1-4-2011)