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Goochland County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE 18

- INDUSTRIAL, LIMITED, DISTRICT M-1

Sec. 15-261.- Statement of intent.

This district is intended to permit certain industries, ones which do not in any way detract from residential desirability, to locate adjacent to residential uses. This district allows lower impact industrial uses with limited outside storage to protect and foster adjacent residential desirability while permitting industries to locate near a labor supply. This district generally corresponds to areas on the comprehensive plan designated for industrial, prime economic development, and flexible.

Sec. 15-262. - Uses and structures permitted by right (P) or by conditional use permit (CUP).

Principal Uses and StructuresP or CUP
Airport CUP
Animal grooming P
Animal shelter P
Art studio, school, or gallery P
Assembly of electrical appliances, electronic and telecommunication instruments and devices, radios and phonographs; manufacture of small parts, such as semiconductors and other electronic and telecommunication components and devices. P
Athletic field CUP
Auction facility P
Automobile rental in accordance with Sec. 15-286.A P
Automobile storage lot in accordance with Sec. 15-286.B P
Automobile (less than 7,500 lbs. registered gross weight) repair wholly within an enclosed building CUP
Brewery; cidery; distillery; winery P
Cabinetmaking, furniture and upholstery shop P
Car wash CUP
Catering; commercial kitchen P
Dance school; music or martial arts instruction P
Data center P
Distribution center with an access connection to a principal arterial or minor arterial as described in Sec. 15-342 P
Distribution center without an access connection to a principal arterial or minor arterial as described in Sec. 15-342 CUP
Drive-thru in accordance with Sec. 15-283.D P
Electric vehicle charging station P
Energy storage facility CUP
Feed and seed store P
Gas station P
Government maintenance or storage facility P
Health club; fitness center and gymnasium; training facility P
Kennel-commercial; kennel-private CUP
Laboratory, pharmaceutical or medical P
Manufacture, assembly, or fabrication, light P
Manufacture, compounding, processing, packing, or treatment of such products as candy, cosmetics, food products, perfumes, pharmaceuticals, and toiletries P
Metal products assembly, cutting, and fabrication CUP
Monumental stone works P
Office, professional; office, medical P
Outdoor storage CUP
Planned development park as described in Sec. 15-263 P/CUP
Public assembly uses with an occupancy of 1,500 or less, if located within an industrial park served by public water and sewer P
Public assembly uses with an occupancy of greater than 1,500 located within an industrial park served by public water and sewer; public assembly uses of any size located in an industrial park not served by public water and sewer CUP
Printing or other similar reproduction facility P
Public utility facility P
Restaurant, including drive-thrus in accordance with Sec. 15-283.D P
Retail sales P
Sale of motor vehicles, trailers, equipment, and tools, in accordance with Sec. 15-286.E P
Small cell facility in accordance with Sec. 15-288.A P
Solar energy facility, accessory, in accordance with Sec. 15-289.B P
Solar energy facility, supplementary, in accordance with Sec. 15-289.C CUP
Taxi service; limousine service P
Telecommunication tower; radio tower; both in accordance with Sec. 15-288.B CUP
Temporary trailer in accordance with Sec. 15-287 P
Veterinary hospital P
Wind turbine, small, in accordance with Sec. 15-289.A CUP
Wholesale business, store, or warehouse P

 

(Ord. No. 3875, § 1, 2-2-21; Ord. No. 4108, § 1, 6-1-21; Ord. No. 5703, § 15, 5-2-23; Ord. No. 5970, § 3, 7-2-24)

Sec. 15-263. - Planned development park.

Properties rezoned to planned development park prior to December 31, 2004, with a minimum of 150 contiguous acres and served by public water and sewer systems, are allowed the following additional permitted uses: any use permitted by right in the B-1 and B-3 districts, and apartments and condominiums, as regulated below in subsections A and B, and by the multi-family residential development design standards (Section 15-284), In addition, any conditional uses allowed in B-1, B-3, and M-1 districts may be permitted through conditional use permits; provided, however, that B-3 uses are not allowed within ½ mile radius of interchanges along Patterson Avenue. The planning commission must review and approve conceptual master plans prior to issuance of any building permits. An existing planned development park may add contiguous parcels to its boundary through an approved zoning application identifying the parcels for inclusion into the park.

A.

Density. Density for apartments and condominiums cannot exceed 19 units per acre.

B.

Maximum acreage. No more than 60 acres in the aggregate can be developed for apartments or condominiums within any planned development park.

Sec. 15-264. - District standards.

Principal Structure
General Requirements
 Minimum lot area if individual sewerage systems None
 Maximum impervious surface coverage 70%
 Maximum FAR for multifamily uses as permitted in Section 15-263 for planned development parks 0.65
 Minimum frontage for corner lots 100 ft.
Yard Requirements (setbacks are measured from property line)
 Front yard - main or accessory structures
  Routes 6, 250, 45, and 522 100 ft.
  Secondary roads 75 ft.
  Local/project roads 20 ft.
  Corner lot 100 ft.
 Side yard
  Adjoining or adjacent to B-N, B-1, B-3, M-1, or M-2 10 ft.
  Adjoining or adjacent to any other district with landscaping in accordance with Section 15-375 30 ft.
  Corner lot 20 ft.
 Rear yard
  Adjoining or adjacent to B-1, B-N, M-1, or M-2 10 ft.
  Adjoining or adjacent to any other district with landscaping in accordance with Section 15-375 30 ft.
Maximum Height*
 Structures 60 ft.
 Structures with a fire sprinkler system if buildings are at least 500 ft. from any zoning district other than M-1, M-2 or MPUD. (Buildings exceeding 60 ft. in height and within 500 ft. of any residential zoning district or any boundary line of the county that exclusively adjoins residential zoning districts are permitted with a conditional use permit.) 80 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
Yard Requirements (setbacks are measured from property line)
 Front yard
  Routes 6, 250, 45, and 522 100 ft.
  Secondary roads 75 ft.
  Local/project roads 20 ft.
 Side yard 5 ft.
 Corner lot cul-de-sac 35 ft.
 Rear yard 5 ft.

 

(Ord. No. 6160, § 4, 9-3-24)

Sec. 15-265. - Outside storage.

Principal permitted uses should be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building. Outside storage is only permitted with a conditional use permit.