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Fredericksburg City Zoning Code

Sec. 3.210

C-2: COMMERCIAL.

Intent

This zone is intended to provide for businesses and services that serve persons throughout the city and the area. These uses generally require frontages on major cross street intersections of highways or other major arterial, given their high visibility and traffic generation ability.

Principal Permitted Uses

Administrative and Business Office
Agricultural Sales and Services
Arts and Crafts
Automotive Rentals
Automotive Repair Services
Automotive Sales
Automotive Washing
Building Maintenance Services
Business or Trade School
Business Support Services
Club or Lodge
Cocktail Lounge
Commercial Off-Street Parking
Communication Services
Construction Sales and Services
Consumer Convenience Services
Consumer Repair Services
Convalescent Services
Convenience Store/Self Serve Gas
Cultural Services
Custom Manufacturing
Day Care Services
Equipment Repair Services
Equipment Sales
Exterminating Services
Financial Services
Food Sales
Funeral Services
Group Residential
Single Family Residential (detached) if structure was not used as other than residential in its most recent use
General Retail Sales
Guidance Services
Hotel/Motel
Horticulture
Hospital Services (Limited)
Indoor Entertainment
Indoor Sports and Recreation
Kennels
Laundry Services
Liquor Sales
Local Utility Services
Maintenance and Service Facilities
Medical Offices
Mobile Food Establishments, but not in any right-of-way or public easement
Multiple Family Residential
Outdoor Entertainment
Outdoor Sports and Recreation
Pawn Shop Services
Personal Improvement Services
Personal Services
Pet Services
Private Primary Educational Facilities
Private Secondary Educational Facilities
Professional Offices
Religious Assembly
Research Services
Restaurant - Drive-In/Fast Food
Restaurant
Service Station
Veterinary Services
Short-term Rental, Unoccupied: (With a STR permit and adherence to Chapter 20, Article VII)
Short-term Rental, Accessory: (With a STR permit and adherence to Chapter 20, Article VII)
Short-term Rental, B & B: (With a STR permit and adherence to Chapter 20, Article VII)
Short-term Rental, Facility: (With a STR permit and adherence to Chapter 20, Article VII)
Corporate Housing (Chapter 20, Article VII)

 

Buildings, structures and lands shall be used, and buildings and structures shall hereinafter be erected, altered or enlarged only for the following uses, plus such other uses as the City Council, by resolution, may deem to be similar to those uses listed and not obnoxious or detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare.

Uses Permitted Subject to Conditional Use Permit

The following uses may be permitted subject to a Conditional Use Permit as provided for in section 5.400.

Camp Grounds
Condominiums (Section 7.610)
Convenience Storage
Drive through facilities associated with any use
Single Family Residential (detached)- new construction or after cessation of use other than residential
Duplex Residential Condominium Residential(section 7.610)
Single Family Residential (Detached)
Townhouse Residential (section 7.610)
Transportation Terminals

 

Property Development Regulations

Except as hereinafter provided, no building or structure or part thereof shall be erected, altered or converted for any use permitted in this district unless it is in conformity with all the standards and regulations herein specified for lot area, lot width, lot depth, dwelling unit area, lot coverage, yards and building height. The following standards shall apply except in cases where a lot does not meet the following standards herein required but was an official "lot of record" prior to the adoption of this ordinance. In such cases, the present dimension shall be maintained as a minimum standard until such time as the use is removed. The replacement shall meet the standards and regulations herein specified.

Site Development Regulations

Each site in the C-2 District shall be subject to the following site development regulations.

Feature Regulation
Lot Size Minimum Lot Area, 5000 Square feet
Lot Width Minimum Lot Width, 50 feet
Height Maximum Building Height, 3 stories, 38 feet
Front Yard Minimum Required Setback, 15 feet
Street Side Yard Minimum Required Setback, 15 feet
Interior Side Yard Minimum Required Setback, 0 feet; or
10 feet when abutting residential zoning districts; or
15 feet for 2 story structures, when abutting residential zoning districts
Rear Yard Minimum Required Setback, 0 feet; or
15 feet when abutting residential zoning districts; or
25 feet for 2 or more stories, when abutting residential zoning districts
Maximum Impervious Coverage 80%
Maximum Building Coverage Percent of Lot Area, 75%
Residential Density Section 3.120
Nonconforming Uses Section 6.100
Site Development Regulations Section 7.000
Special Yard Regulations Section 7.300
Fences, Walls and Visibility Section 7.530
Parking Section 7.800
Landscaping and Screening Regulations Section 7.900
Temporary/Accessory Building Section 8.100
Signs Sign Ordinance
Outdoor Amplified Sound Prohibited when abutting R-1, R-1-A, or R5

 

(Ord. No. 23-007, 5-20-2013; Ord. No. 23-014, 9-16-2013; Ord. No. 25-004, 5-4-2015; Ord. No. 2019-11, § 2, 4-15-2019; Ord. No. 2022-13, § 7(Exh. G), 3-21-2022; Ord. No. 2023-18, § 8F, 11-7-2023)