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Goochland County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 15

- BUSINESS, NEIGHBORHOOD, DISTRICT B-N

Sec. 15-231.- Statement of intent.

This district is intended to provide a limited range of commercial uses needed to meet the daily convenience shopping and service needs of residents of a neighborhood or small community. It is a district wherein all articles for sale, rent, display, and storage are kept within an enclosed building. The manufacture, compounding, processing, or treatment of products is prohibited. In addition, this district is designed to exclude uses, operations, and products which are objectionable because of odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration, or other causes. In particular, uses which include the sale, repair, service, maintenance, or storage of motor vehicles and accessories thereto are prohibited in this district.

This district can serve as a transitional use between residential and more intense commercial districts. It is typically designated on the comprehensive plan as commercial or flexible.

Sec. 15-232. - Uses and structures permitted by right (P) or by conditional use permit (CUP).

Principal Uses and StructuresP or CUP
Adult day care center P
Bed and breakfast in accordance with Sec. 15-285.G P
Child care center in accordance with Sec. 15-283.C P
Club; lodge CUP
Drive-thru in accordance with Sec. 15-283.D CUP
Financial institution; bank P
Government services P
Housing, ground level-temporary, operated by nonprofit group P
Housing, second story, not to exceed 50% of the total building area CUP
Office, professional; office, medical P
Personal services P
Repair services such as computers, home appliances, and television repair P
Restaurant, drive-in/takeout CUP
Restaurant, sit-down P
Retail trade establishment which serves the needs of the neighborhood P
Solar energy facility, accessory, in accordance with Sec. 15-289.B P
Temporary trailer in accordance with Sec. 15-287 P
Utility distribution facility, public, and all accompanying appurtenances and structures P
Utility - gas transmission line, compressor station, measurement station, regulator station CUP
Utility generating station; transmission substation; transmission line, other than normal distribution facility CUP
Veterinary hospital CUP

 

(Ord. No. 5703, § 12, 5-2-23)

Sec. 15-233. - District standards.

Principal Structure
General Requirements
 Minimum lot area if served by both public or central water and sewage systems None
 Minimum lot area if served by one public utility or individual water and sewerage systems 1 ac.
 Minimum lot frontage on primary or secondary roads 100 ft.
 Minimum lot frontage on all other roads None
Minimum Yard Setbacks (measured from property line)
 Front yard 55 ft.
 Side yard
  Adjacent to a business, office, or industrial district 10 ft.
  Adjacent to any other district, with landscaping in accordance with Sec. 15-375 30 ft.
  Corner lot 20 ft.
 Rear yard
  Adjacent to a business, office, or industrial district 10 ft.
  Adjacent to any other district, with landscaping in accordance with Sec. 15-375 30 ft.
Maximum Height*
 Structures 35 ft.
* Exceptions to the height requirement include: Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennas and radio aerials. Parapet walls may rise up to six feet above the finished roof surface.

 

Accessory Structure
Minimum Yard Setbacks (measured from property line)
 Front yard 55 ft.
 Side yard 5 ft.
 Side yard corner lot 20 ft.
 Rear yard 5 ft.
Maximum Height*
 Accessory structure Less than main
building height
 Accessory structure within 10 ft. of lot line 10 ft.
* Exceptions to the height requirement include: Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennas and radio aerials. Parapet walls may rise up to six feet above the finished roof surface.

 

(Ord. No. 6160, § 1, 9-3-24)

Sec. 15-234. - Conduct of operations.

No commercial or retail outside display or storage is permitted. No public address system, or devices for reproducing or amplifying voices or music, may be mounted outside or be audible beyond the property line on which the building is situated.