The primary purpose of the B-3 district is to permit a quiet business district in the county adjacent to residential uses which does not detract from residential desirability that requires some public access and serves the needs of the surrounding general area. This area is not designed for a concentration of retail business that requires heavy public traffic.

(Code 1990, ch. 14, art. 8-B; Ord. of 3-23-2004(5))

Permitted uses in a B-3 district are as follows:

(1)

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

(2)

Adult care facilities.

(3)

Barbershops and beauty shops, massage therapy.

(4)

Churches, libraries.

(5)

Drugstores.

(6)

Dry cleaners/laundries.

(7)

Financial services.

(8)

Fire and rescue stations.

(9)

Funeral homes.

(10)

Gift shops.

(11)

Government offices/post offices.

(12)

Greenhouses and nurseries.

(13)

Kennel, commercial (no outdoor confinement).

(14)

Laundromats.

(15)

Mini-storage warehouse.

(16)

Professional offices.

(17)

Retail farm and garden center.

(18)

Retail food stores.

(19)

Storage warehouse.

(20)

Truck, automobile, trailer, and equipment rental as an accessory to an existing establishment.

(21)

Veterinary hospital (no outdoor confinement).

(Code 1990, § 14-45P; Ord. of 3-23-2004(5); Ord. No. 08-02, § 8., 5-13-2008(2); Ord. No. 10-09, 10-13-2010; Ord. No. 12-01A, 8-14-2012; Ord. No. 21-11, 2-8-2022)

Permitted uses with conditional use permit in a B-3 district are as follows:

(1)

Cabinet-making furniture and upholstery shops.

(2)

Childcare.

(3)

Convenience stores with or without gas.

(4)

Event facilities.

(5)

Hotels, motels.

(6)

Kennels, commercial (with any outdoor confinement).

(7)

Printing businesses.

(8)

Public utilities.

(9)

Radio, television or communication station and/or tower or related facilities, subject to the provisions of section 74-731 et seq.

(10)

Restaurants.

(11)

Restaurants, drive-in.

(12)

Utility booster/relay stations transformer substations, towers, railroads.

(13)

Veterinary hospital (with any outdoor confinement).

(Code 1990, § 14-45Q; Ord. of 3-8-2000; Ord. of 3-23-2004(5); Ord. No. 08-02, § 8., 5-13-2008(2); Ord. No. 10-09, 10-13-2010; Ord. No. 16-05, 4-12-2016)

(a)

In B-3 district areas 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, § 14-45Q.1; Ord. of 7-14-1999)

(a)

Front setback. No structures in a B-3 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.

(b)

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

(Code 1990, § 14-45R; Ord. of 1-14-1998; Ord. of 7-14-1999; Ord. of 1-10-2006; Ord. No. 18-04, 5-14-2019; Ord. No. 21-11, 2-8-2022)

The minimum lot primary, secondary and access road frontage in a B-3 district shall be at least eighty percent (80%) of the lot width determined at the building setback line.

(Code 1990, § 14-45S; Ord. of 1-14-1998; Ord. of 7-14-1999; Ord. No. 18-04, 5-14-2019)

Buildings in a B-3 district may be erected to a maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet from grade; except that:

(1)

Any building may be erected to a height of sixty (60) feet from grade, provided that the required front, side and rear yards shall be increased by one (1) foot for each foot in height over thirty-five (35) 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 the height requirement contained herein.

(Code 1990, § 14-45T; Ord. of 5-14-1997; Ord. No. 18-04, 5-14-2019)