Statement of Intent

This district is established to permit certain light to median industrial uses near a labor supply for which satisfactory evidence is presented that such uses, either by right or special use permit, will not adversely affect any contiguous district by reason of odor, glare, smoke, dust, vibration, noise, sight, or contamination of water, air, and land. Such establishments shall not result in any unusual danger of fire, explosion, drowning, or hazard to life or limb.

In addition to the zoning ordinance, uses in this zone may be subject to the requirements of Madison County Subdivision Ordinance, Site Plan Ordinance, Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance, and/or Floodplain Management Ordinance.

9-1.

Use Regulations.

In the Industrial, Limited District M-1, no building shall be erected or altered and no building or premises shall be used for any purpose except:

Uses Permitted by Right

9-1-1.

Accessory use and building as defined.

9-1-2.

Manufacture or assembly plant for small equipment.

9-1-3.

Heavy equipment sales and service.

9-1-4.

Commercial greenhouse.

9-1-5.

Contractor's equipment storage yard and office.

9-1-6.

Manufacture, compounding, processing of apparel, agricultural produce, bakery goods, candy, drugs, perfumes, pharmaceutical, toiletries, food products, musical instruments, toys, pottery, baskets, figurines or other similar ceramic products.

9-1-7.

Bank and saving and loan association.

9-1-8.

Restaurant.

9-1-9.

Office building.

9-1-10.

Warehousing and wholesale commercial use.

9-1-11.

Heliport.

9-1-12.

Laboratory (pharmaceutical or medical).

9-1-13.

Research and development facility.

9-1-14.

Trade school.

9-1-15.

Public Service Corporation transmission lines, poles, pipes, meters, transformers, and other facilities necessary for the transmission and maintenance of public service utilities. Subject to Code of Virginia, § 15.1-456, as amended.

9-1-16.

Small wind energy system.

9-1-17.

Commercial slaughterhouse.

9-1-18

Retail Store (such as: agricultural supply store, auction establishment, bakery, building material yard, drug store, furniture store, general store, gift and antique shop, hardware store, lumber and building supply with storage under cover, plumbing and electrical supply with storage under cover, wearing apparel store).

9-1-19

Service Business (such as: auto and home appliance service, automobile sales and rental, automobile service station, barber and beauty shop, car wash, caterer, day care center, dry cleaner, funeral home, indoor health club or fitness center, laundry and laundromat, machinery sales and service, mobile home or travel sales and service, print shop).

9-1-20

Public Use (such as: assembly hall, bank and saving and loan institution, church, clinic and nursing home, club and lodge, hospital, hotel, library, motel, office building, private school and day care center, public building, restaurant, theater, veterinary clinic/hospital with no outdoor facilities).

9-1-21

Public Services (such as: firehouse and rescue stations. Public Service Corporation transmission lines, poles, pipes, meters, transformers, and other facilities necessary for the transmission and maintenance of public service utilities (Subject to Code of Virginia, § 15.1-456, as amended), Water and sewage treatment or distribution facilities where same are required by state and/or federal regulations to protect the public health).

9-1-22

Light Process/Industrial (such as: cabinet maker and repair, cannery, commercial dairy, farm, winery with wholesale and/or retail sales, frozen food locker with processing, ice storage and supply, machine shop, welding or blacksmith shop).

9-1-23

General (such as: accessory use and building as defined, office trailer temporary use, small wind energy system up to 60 feet).

9-1-24

Indoor shooting range and fuel distribution for wholesale and retail.

9-1-25

Moving and storage facility.

9-1-26

Truck terminal.

9-1-27

Welding or blacksmith shop.

9-1-28

Septic tank sales and service.

9-1-29

Mobile home and travel trailer sales and service.

9-1-30

Indoor health club.

9-1-31

Day care center.

9-1-32

Office trailer.

9-1-33

Retail store.

9-1-34

Automobile sales and rental.

9-1-35

Small wind energy system with a tower height of greater than 60 feet to 100 feet.

9-1-36

Mixed Use Building(s). (Added in March 2020)

9-2.

Special Permit Uses. The following uses may also be permitted subject to securing a special use permit as provided for in Article 14-3, such as:

9-2-1.

Any use requiring laboratory analysis and testing of animals, vegetables or minerals.

9-2-2.

Manufacture or finishing of modular units made from wood or other materials and designed for use as components in building construction of all types, including furniture.

9-2-3.

Petroleum storage.

9-2-4.

Wood preserving operation.

9-2-5.

Meat, poultry and fish processing.

9-2-6.

Generating, booster or relay station (main).

9-2-7.

Other limited industrial use of a similar nature not specifically enumerated in this article of the ordinance.

9-2-8.

Biodiesel fuel production for wholesale or retail sale.

9-2-9.

Indoor commercial firearm and/or archery range facility.

9-2-10.

Solar farm.

(Ord. of 8-2019; Ord. No. 2020-3, 3-4-2020)

9-3.

Area Regulations.

None, except that area required to meet the regulations of this article and the regulations of the State Health Department and the Virginia Department of Transportation.

9-4.

Maximum Percent of Lot Coverage.

9-4-1.

Eighty percent of lot, provided off-street parking and loading space is sufficient to accommodate the use proposed.

9-4-2.

Fifty (50) percent of the lot for any building in excess of 50 feet in height.

9-4-3.

Lot coverage shall include buildings, roads, parking, loading, and other pavement coverage.

9-5.

Setback Regulations.

Structures shall be located 50 feet or more from any street right-of-way which is 50 feet or greater in width and 75 feet or more from the center line of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width.

9-6.

Frontage Regulations.

The minimum frontage for permitted uses shall be 80 feet at the building setback line. The minimum distance which the main building is required to be located from the street right-of-way or center line shall be known as the setback line.

9-7.

Yard Regulations.

The minimum side and rear yards shall be 15 feet except that when the permitted use adjoins or is adjacent to a residential, agriculture, or conservation zone, the minimum side and rear yards shall be 60 feet.

9-8.

Sign Regulations.

Signs shall conform to Article 12 of this ordinance.

9-9.

Height Regulations.

9-9-1.

Buildings may be erected up to 50 feet in height from the average adjacent ground elevation except that:

9-9-2.

When a building exceeds 40 feet in height, side and rear yard setbacks shall be increased by one foot for each one foot in height above 40 feet.

9-9-3.

A public or semi-public building such as a school, church, library, or hospital may be erected to a height of 60 feet provided that required front, side, and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 40 feet.

9-9-4.

Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, fire towers, flues, flagpoles, television antennae, and radio aerials may exceed the height limit by no more than 25 feet. Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.

9-9-5.

Additional height above the stated height regulations requires a special use permit as provided for under Article 14-3.

9-9-6.

No accessory building which is within 20 feet of any party lot line shall be more than 15 feet high. All accessory buildings shall be less than the main building in height.

9-10.

Special Provisions for Accessory Buildings Setback Regulations.

All buildings must be located at or beyond the front setback line. All accessory buildings must be located 20 feet or more from a side or rear property line.

(Ord. No. 2011-4, § 1, 4-12-2011)

9-11.

Off-street Parking and Loading.

Off-street parking and loading is subject to sections 14-9 and 14-10 of this ordinance.

9-12.

Entrance Regulations.

9-12-1.

The centerline of any entrance onto a Virginia primary road shall be 600 feet or more from the centerline of any adjacent entrance; provided, however, each parcel of land that fronts on a Virginia primary road and is recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Madison County prior to June 20, 1990, shall be permitted to have at least one such entrance; and provided further that the aforesaid distance between entrances may be decreased to a point of nearest relief upon application by special use permit if the Board of Supervisors after recommendation from the Planning Commission and approval of the Virginia Department of Transportation finds that exceptional topographical conditions such as rock formations or floodplain areas justify such decrease.

Each application for a special use permit under this paragraph shall include a plat of survey showing both the 600-foot entrance point and the point of nearest relief. After approval, said plat of survey shall be recorded by the applicant in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Madison County.

9-12-2.

The centerline of any entrance onto U.S. Route 29 shall be 900 feet or more from the centerline of any adjacent entrance; provided, however, each parcel of land that fronts on U.S. Route 29 and is recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Madison County prior to June 20, 1990, shall be permitted to have at least one such entrance; and provided further that the aforesaid distance between entrances may be decreased to a point of nearest relief upon application by special use permit if the Board of Supervisors after recommendation from the Planning Commission and approval of the Virginia Department of Transportation finds that exceptional topographical conditions such as rock formations or floodplain areas justify such decrease.

Each application for a special use permit under this paragraph shall include a plat of survey showing both the 900-foot entrance point and the point of nearest relief. After approval, said plat of survey shall be recorded by the applicant in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Madison County.

Entrances shall be located at crossover points on U.S. Route 29 if feasible and required by the Virginia Department of Transportation.

The aforesaid entrance regulation shall not apply to U.S. Route 29 Business.