This district provides for light industry, research and development and related uses in planned park setting and/or at appropriate locations within the community. Related uses include offices, retail, assembly, manufacturing and accessory uses. Activities should be carried out in a planned layout with coordinated use, circulation, access, development staging and infrastructure.

The following regulations shall apply in all LI Districts:

7.1A-2-1 Prohibited uses:

7.1A-2-1.1 Residential structures and uses.

7.1A-2-2 Permitted uses:

7.1A-2-2.1 All principal uses permitted in the CS District, except for residential uses.

7.1A-2-2.2 Assembly of appliances, instruments, devices, radios, machine parts and office machines. Also the manufacture of small parts, such as coils, condensers, transformers, etc.

7.1A-2-2.3 Automobile repair, painting, upholstery, dismantling, assembly.

7.1A-2-2.4 Contractor's equipment storage yards, lumberyards, building materials and plumbing supply storage, all subject to screening and landscaping.

7.1A-2-2.5 Data processing and computing, secure messaging services and customer support only if located within the designated Technology Zone per Chapter 12, Article XVI (Technology Zones) of the County Code, creation of which as authorized by Virginia Code Title 58.1-3850 that specifically allows the governing body to provide for regulatory flexibility in such zones.

7.1A-2-2.6 Dry cleaners and laundries.

7.1A-2-2.7 Fabrication of metal products, such as bicycles, toys, jewelry, furniture, instruments, but excluding sheet metal products.

7.1A-2-2.8 Fabrication of wood products such as cabinetry, furniture, toys, boats and woodworking.

7.1A-2-2.9 Indoor sports facility.

7.1A-2-2.10 Manufacture, assembly and processing of products from previously prepared materials including: electrical and electronic components and equipment; musical, scientific, medical, dental and photographic equipment; pharmaceutical, cosmetics, toiletries; frozen foods, beverage, confections, horticultural products; clothing and textiles.

7.1A-2-2.11 Manufacture of pottery and clay or ceramic products using only previously pulverized clay and kilns fired by electricity or natural gas.

7.1A-2-2.12 Office uses.

7.1A-2-2.13 Printing and publishing.

7.1A-2-2.14 Radio and television studios and broadcasting facilities.

7.1A-2-2.15 Research and development activities, including laboratories, testing, prototype manufacture, experimental work and related operations.

7.1A-2-2.16 Welding and machine shops, excluding punch presses exceeding 40-ton rated capacity.

7.1A-2-2.17 Wholesale and warehouse operations.

7.1A-2-2.18 Accessory uses including company vehicle service (indoor or screened only), heliport, parking garage, motor, fuel facilities and single night watchman or caretaker facilities that do not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the total lot area.

7.1A-2-3 Conditional uses:

The following uses may also be permitted subject to securing a special use permit as provided for in Article 17:

7.1A-2-3.1 All conditional uses permitted in the CS District.

7.1A-2-3.2 Airports.

7.1A-2-3.3 Debris, landfill and transfer stations, subject to screening and acceptable soil conditions, state permitting, annual inspection and restriction on any burning. Adequate buffer and demonstration of compatibility with adjacent uses without nuisance is required prior to special permit approval; recycling centers.

7.1A-2-3.4 Processing of extracted minerals and resources and related wholesale operations subject to the screening and landscaping of any outdoor stockpile and storage.

7.1A-2-3.5 Outdoor storage subject to screening and landscaping. Storage of explosive or hazardous materials incidental to production or use.

7.1A-2-3.6 Truck terminal, transfer and dispatch.

7.1A-2-3.7 Amphitheaters, amusement parks, arenas, auditoriums, fairgrounds, race tracks, stadiums or similar public gathering facilities mainly intended for recreational uses. Ancillary and related uses such as associated offices, equipment testing facilities, assembly, food services and the like are also permitted.

7.1A-2-3.8 Public Utilities/Utilities.

7.1A-2-3.9 Utility Power Generation and Storage Facilities.

7.1A-2-3.10 Data processing and computing, secure messaging services and customer support.

7.1A-2-4 Restricted uses:

7.1A-2-4.1 The use of land or structure that may be hazardous, noxious, injurious by reason of production or emission of dust, smoke, refuse, odor, fumes, noise, glare, vibration or similar components is prohibited.

7.1A-2-4.2 Fuels, explosives or flammable liquids shall be stored only in accordance with DPA/SPPC regulations.

7.1A-2-4.3 Noise, glare or vibration that is discernable beyond the property line is prohibited. Lighting shall be diffused and hooded or screened so as to not spread to adjacent properties or roadways.

7.1A-2-4.4 No unneutralized refuse shall be discharged into sewers, ditches, streams or on the land.

(Ord. of 5-7-2024, Att.; Ord. of 9-2-2025)

Minimum lot area shall be one-half (0.5) acre.

Lot coverage shall be a maximum of fifty percent (50%), a maximum floor area ratio of one-half (0.5) with a minimum of twenty percent (20%) green space.

None.

Setback shall be fifty (50) feet from the right-of-way. Setback shall be forty (40) feet from the right-of-way of the side street on corner lots. The setback for accessory uses other than structures is twenty (20) feet from any right-of-way line.

Side yards shall be ten (10) feet on each side plus one (1) foot for each additional ten (10) feet above fifteen (15) feet of structure height. A side yard of five (5) feet is required for accessory uses.

Rear yards shall be ten percent (10%) of the lot depth, but need not exceed twenty (20) feet.

Building height shall be a maximum of forty-five (45) feet.

7.1A-9-1 Exceptions for Qualified Technology Zone Businesses located in a designated Technology Zone per Chapter 12, Article XVI (Technology Zones) of the County Code, creation of which as authorized by Virginia Code § 58.1-3850 that specifically allows the governing body to provide for regulatory flexibility in such zones:

7.1A-9-1.1 Building height for such Qualified Technology Zone Business structures shall be a maximum of seventy-five (75) feet.

(Ord. of 8-1-2023)

7.1A-10-1 Front yard use:

No truck storage, parking, loading or stacking areas are allowed in the front yard.

7.1A-10-2 Environmental impact assessment required:

Environmental assessment of significant impacts may be required.

(Ord. of 1-4-2011)