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Fredericksburg City Zoning Code

Sec. 3.220

CBD: CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

Intent

This zone is intended to provide for the intense commercial activities of the central business district or central trading area of the City. This district establishes the character of the City by serving the tourist as well as the residents of the City.

Principal Permitted Uses

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:

Administrative and Business Office
Arts and Crafts
Club or Lodge
Cocktail Lounge
Consumer Convenience Services
Consumer Repair Services
Cultural Services
Day Care Services
Financial Services
General Retail Sales
Guidance Services
Liquor Sales
Local Utility Services
Mobile Food Establishments, but not in any right-of-way, public easement or in the Historic Overlay District, except that Mobile Food Vendor's in the Historic District Overlay shall be allowed on school property, museum property, church property, and public property subject to section 8-117(h).
Multiple Family Residential (Section 3.120)
Personal Improvement Services
Personal Services
Pet Services
Private Primary Educational Facilities
Private Secondary Educational Facilities
Professional Offices
Religious Assembly
Restaurant
Single Family Residential (detached) if structure was not used as other than residential in its most recent use
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)

 

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.

Business or Trade School
Business Support Services
Commercial Off-Street Parking
Communications Services
Condominium Residential (section 7.610)
Custom Manufacturing
Drive through Facilities associated with any use
Duplex Residential
Food Sales
Funeral Services
Horticulture
Hospital Services (Limited)
Hotel/Motel
Indoor Entertainment
Indoor Sports and Recreation
Medical Offices
Outdoor Entertainment
Outdoor Sports and Recreation
Single Family Residential (Detached)
Townhouse Residential (section 7.610)
Transportation Terminals
Single Family Residential (detached)- new construction or after cessation of use other than residential Group Residential

 

Property Development Standards

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 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 CBD 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, 0 feet
Street Side Yard Minimum Required Setback, 0 feet
Interior Side Yard Minimum Required Setback, 0 feet; or
10 feet when abutting R1, R1A, or R5 zoning districts
Rear Yard Minimum Required Setback, 0 feet; or
10 feet when abutting R1, R1A, or R5 zoning districts
Maximum Impervious Coverage 90%
Maximum Building Coverage
Residential Density Section 3.120
Nonconforming Uses Section 6.100
Site Development Regulations Section 7.000
Special Yard Regulation Section 7.300
Fences, Walls and Visibility Section 7.530
Parking Section 7.800
Landscaping and Screening Regulations Section 7.900
Accessory Building Regulations Section 8.200
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, § 3, 4-15-2019; Ord. No. 2022-13, § 8(Exh. H), 3-21-2022; Ord. No. 2023-18, § 8G, 11-7-2023)