Generally, the B-1 district covers that portion of the County intended for the conduct of general business to which the public requires direct and frequent access but which is not characterized either by constant heavy trucking other than stocking and delivery of light retail goods, or by any nuisance factors other than occasioned by incidental light and noise of congregation of people and passenger vehicles. This includes such uses as retail stores, banks, theatres, business offices, newspaper offices, printing presses, restaurants and taverns, and garages and service stations.

(Code 1990, § 14-40; Ord. of 3-23-2004(3))

Use regulations in a B-1 district are as follows:

(1)

Accessory structures, excluding storage containers unless screened or shielded from view from any road or adjoining property.

(2)

Antique shops.

(3)

Auctions.

(4)

Auto/truck sales.

(5)

Bakeries.

(6)

Banks.

(7)

Barbershops and beauty shops, massage therapy.

(8)

Business offices.

(9)

Cabinet-making furniture and upholstery shops.

(10)

Car dealerships.

(11)

Carwashes.

(12)

Childcare centers.

(13)

Convenience stores.

(14)

Clubs and lodges.

(15)

Drugstores.

(16)

Dry cleaners/laundries.

(17)

Event facilities.

(18)

Farm supply stores, equipment and machinery sales and service.

(19)

Financial services.

(20)

Florists.

(21)

Funeral homes.

(22)

General stores.

(23)

Gift shops.

(24)

Government offices/post offices.

(25)

Health clinics.

(26)

Home appliance/hardware stores.

(27)

Hospitals, general.

(28)

Hotels, motels, restaurants.

(29)

Kennels, commercial (no outdoor confinement).

(30)

Laundromats.

(31)

Liquor stores.

(32)

Lumber and building supply (storage under cover).

(33)

Machinery sales and service.

(34)

Medical facilities.

(35)

Newspaper offices.

(36)

Off-street parking (as required by this chapter).

(37)

Office buildings.

(38)

Plumbing/electrical supply (storage under cover).

(39)

Printing presses.

(40)

Professional offices.

(41)

Recreation centers.

(42)

Repair shops: bicycle, shoes, locks, guns, etc.

(43)

Restaurants and drive-in restaurants.

(44)

Retail food stores or supermarkets.

(45)

Retail stores, shops and building supply stores.

(46)

Service stations (major repair under cover).

(47)

Taverns.

(48)

Theatres and assembly halls.

(49)

Vehicle painting, upholstering, repairing, rebuilding and reconditioning.

(50)

Veterinary hospitals (no outdoor confinement).

(51)

Wearing apparel stores.

(52)

Wholesale businesses.

(Code 1990, § 14-41; Ord. of 12-10-1997; Ord. of 3-23-2004(3); Ord. No. 10-09, 10-13-2010; Ord. No. 12-02, 11-13-2012; Ord. No. 16-05, 4-12-2016; Ord. No. 21-11, 2-8-2022; Ord. No. 22-11, 12-13-2022)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 22-11, adopted Dec. 13, 2022, amended the title of § 74-422 to read as herein set out. The former § 74-422 title pertained to use regulations.

Permitted uses with conditional use permit in a B-1 district are as follows:

(1)

Auction barn.

(2)

Billiard parlor, poolrooms, bowling alleys, dance halls, skating rinks.

(3)

Childcare.

(4)

Kennels, commercial (with any outdoor confinement).

(5)

Mobile home/trailer sales lot.

(6)

Oil storage, bulk.

(7)

Public utilities.

(8)

Radio stations, television stations and cable TV facilities, communication station an/or tower or related facilities; subject to provisions of section 74-731 et seq.

(9)

Shopping center, subject to provisions of section 74-711 et seq.

(10)

Veterinary hospitals (with any outdoor confinement).

(Code 1990, § 14-41; Ord. of 12-10-1997; Ord. of 3-23-2004(3); Ord. No. 08-02, § 8., 5-13-2008(2); Ord. No. 10-09, 10-13-2010)

(a)

In areas in a B-1 district served by central water and central sewer, there are no area requirements.

(b)

In areas not served by central water and central sewer, the minimum area shall be that area required by the health official for the safe installation and operation of an individual sewage treatment and wastewater disposal system and water supply well.

(Code 1990, § 14-42; Ord. of 7-14-1999)

(a)

Front setback. No structure in a B-1 district shall be located closer to the centerline of any road right-of-way on any designated primary highway than one hundred (100) feet, or sixty (60) feet from the centerline of any secondary road right-of-way or street right-of-way for any private road, except that temporary signs advertising sale or rent of premises may be erected up to the property line. This shall be known as the setback line. Exceptions to this subsection will be those properties or any subdivision fronting on the south side of Route 60, starting with the southernmost boundary of tax parcel #57A2-A-30, continuing north to the northern boundary of tax parcel #57A2-A-45 and fronting on the north side of Route 60 starting with the southern boundary of tax parcel #57A1-A-3 to its northern boundary, and starting with the southern boundary of tax parcel #57A2-A-11. The setback line for these exceptions shall be seventy-five (75) feet from the centerline of the right-of-way of Route 60.

(b)

Side. The minimum side yard setback for main structure shall be fifteen (15) feet. The minimum side yard setback for accessory structures under the size requiring a building permit shall be five (5) feet. The minimum side yard setback for all other accessory structures shall be fifteen (15) feet.

(c)

Rear. The minimum rear yard setback for the main structure shall be thirty-five (35) feet. The minimum rear yard setback for accessory structures under the size requiring a building permit shall be five (5) feet. The minimum rear yard setback for all other accessory structures shall be fifteen (15) feet.

(Code 1990, § 14-43; Ord. of 1-14-1998; Ord. of 7-14-1999; Ord. of 1-10-2006; Ord. No. 08-02, § 8., 5-13-2008(2); Ord. No. 18-04, 5-14-2019; Ord. No. 21-11, 2-8-2022)

The minimum road frontage in a B-1 district shall be at least eighty percent (80%) of the lot width determined at the building setback line.

(Code 1990, § 14-44; Ord. of 7-14-1999; Ord. No. 18-04, 5-14-2019)

Buildings in a B-1 district may be erected up to forty-five (45) feet in height from grade; except that:

(1)

Any building may be erected to a height of sixty (60) feet from grade provided that required front, side, and rear yard setbacks each shall be increased one (1) foot for each one (1) foot in height over forty-five (45) feet.

(2)

Church spires, belfries, cupolas, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennas, radio aerials, and bona fide farm buildings or structures as defined by Code of Virginia, § 36-97, as that section may from time to time be amended and/or recodified are exempt from height requirements.

(Code 1990, § 14-45; Ord. No. 18-04, 5-14-2019)