Galax City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIX
Central Business B-4 District
§ 160-177 Purpose.
This district is the central shopping area of the City and its surrounding commercial trade area. The regulations of this district are designed to encourage the continued use of land for trade and permitted uses while maintaining a substantial relationship between the intensity of land uses and the capacity of utilities and streets.
§ 160-178 Permitted uses.
Uses permitted in the Central Business (B-4) District shall be established in compliance with the standards of this article, Article XV and as specified in the City Code. Uses permitted shall be one or more of the following uses:
A.
Single-family dwellings.
B.
Two-family dwellings.
C.
Amusement enterprises when carried on wholly within a completely enclosed building.
D.
Automobile parking lots and structures.
E.
Automobile sales.
F.
Bakeries, where the products are sold exclusively at retail on the premises only.
G.
Banks and other financial institutions, including loan and financial companies.
H.
Barber and beauty shops.
I.
Business colleges, barber and beauty schools, art schools, music schools, and similar organizations.
J.
Churches.
K.
Dry-cleaning and laundry pickup stations.
L.
Fire and police stations.
M.
Florist shops, but not commercial greenhouses.
N.
Food stores, retail only.
O.
Hotels and motels.
P.
Jewelry, sales and repair.
Q.
Libraries, museums and art galleries.
R.
Newspaper offices and printing plants incidental to such offices.
S.
Offices, business, professional and public.
T.
Office equipment and supplies, sales and service.
U.
Opticians, and optical supplies sales.
V.
Pawn shops.
W.
Pet shops.
X.
Photographic studios and camera supply stores.
Y.
Radio and television stations, studios and offices.
Z.
Restaurants, but not drive-in restaurants.
AA.
Retail establishments such as department, clothing, variety, drug, furniture, hardware, appliance, music, art, antique, gift, sporting goods, toy, hobby, book, and stationery stores, but not excluding similar retail establishments.
BB.
Service stations.
CC.
Shoe repair shops.
DD.
Taxicab stands.
EE.
Theaters, housed in a permanent indoor structure.
§ 160-179 Conditional uses.
§ 160-180 Area.
Area regulations for each use in the Central Business (B-4) District shall not be required.
§ 160-181 Setback.
The setback line for structures shall be 10 feet from any street right-of-way.
§ 160-182 Frontage.
A minimum frontage shall not be required.
§ 160-183 Height.
The maximum height for structures shall be 45 feet.
§ 160-184 Sidewalks.
Sidewalks shall be required to be constructed to equal the existing width along a property frontage and no less than five feet if nonexistent.