Occoquan City Zoning Code
B-1 DISTRICT
§ 157.120 STATEMENT OF INTENT.
Generally, the B-1 District covers that portion of the town intended for the conduct of general business to which the public requires direct and frequent access, but is not characterized either by constant heavy trucking, other than stocking and delivery of light retail goods, or by any nuisance factors, other than incidental light and noise of congregation of people and passenger vehicles. This includes such uses as retail stores, banks, theaters, business offices, newspaper offices, restaurants, and taverns. The B-1 District is also encouraged to incorporate mixed-use designs, characterized by business uses along the street or water front with high-density residential above, as new developments and redevelopment occurs.
(1998 Code, § 66-141) (Ord. passed 9-5-2017)
§ 157.121 USES PERMITTED.
Structures to be maintained or erected, or land to be used, shall be restricted to one or more of the following uses.
(A) Uses permitted by right. Uses permitted by right are as follows:
(1) Home appliance services;
(2) Bakeries;
(3) Banks;
(4) Barbershops and beauty shops;
(5) Bed and breakfasts;
(6) Clubs and lodges;
(7) Drugstores;
(8) Festivals, town sponsored;
(9) Hotels;
(10) Laundry facilities;
(11) Libraries;
(12) Machinery sales and service;
(13) Medical uses;
(14) Office buildings;
(15) Places of assembly with less than 25 seats, as an accessory to the principal use;
(16) Plumbing and electrical supply stores (with storage under cover);
(17) Public utilities, including poles, lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters or other facilities necessary for the provision and maintenance of public utilities, including water and sewerage facilities;
(18) Restaurants, eating places;
(19) Retail food stores;
(20) Retail stores;
(21) Temporary seasonal display, subject to the following conditions: display must be accessory to the principal use of the property; and display may not be present for more than 45 days;
(22)
Waterfront business activities: wholesale and retail marine, such as boat docks, piers, small boat docks, yacht clubs and marine servicing facilities; dock and areas for receipt, storage, and transshipment of waterborne commerce; and recreational activities, primarily conducted on or about a waterfront. All such uses shall be contiguous to a waterfront;
(23) Detached single-family dwelling in a one-story building that fronts on Commerce Street or Ellicott Street; and
(24) Accessory dwelling, one unit per lot.
(B) Uses permitted by special exception permit approved by Town Council. Uses permitted by special exception permit approved by Town Council are as follows:
(1) Auto services;
(2) Child care facilities;
(3) Funeral homes;
(4) General residential uses, subject to the following condition: residential uses may not occupy the floor of the building that is adjacent to the primary street and/or sidewalk;
(5) Lumber and building supply stores (with storage under cover);
(6) Places of assembly;
(7) Wholesale businesses; and
(8) Multilevel parking structures. The special use permit shall define the setbacks and maximum height of the facility and may provide for a mixed-use structure.
(1998 Code, § 66-142) (Ord. passed 9-5-2017; Ord. O-2021-06, passed 12-7-2021; Ord. O-2022-05, passed 11-1-2022; Ord. O-2024-03, passed 9-17-2024)
Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 157.122 SIGNS PERMITTED.
§ 157.123 SETBACK REGULATIONS.
(A) Buildings shall be located five feet or more from any street right-of-way that is 50 feet or more in width, or 35 feet or more from the centerline of any street right-of-way less than 50 feet in width. This shall be known as the setback line.
(B) For those lots included in the plat recorded in the Clerk’s office of the County Circuit Court on January 7, 1805, the setback line may be 30 feet from the center of the street.
(C) The setback regulations contained in this section may be modified as part of the approval of a special use permit or rezoning.
(1998 Code, § 66-145) (Ord. passed 9-5-2017; Ord. O-2019-06, passed 3-5-2019) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 157.124 HEIGHT REGULATIONS.
Buildings may be maintained or erected up to 35 feet in height from the average of the finished ground level adjoining the building at all exterior walls; except that:
(A) A public or semipublic building, such as a school, library, or general hospital, may be erected to a height of 60 feet from grade, provided that required front, side, and rear yards shall be increased one foot for each foot in height over 35 feet;
(B) Spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennas, and radio aerials are exempt. Parapet walls may be up to four feet above the height of the buildings on which the walls rest;
(C) [Reserved]; and
(D) The height limitations contained in this section may be modified as part of the approval of a special use permit or rezoning.
(1998 Code, § 66-146) (Ord. passed 9-5-2017; Ord. O-2019-06, passed 3-5-2019; Ord. O-2024-03, passed 9-17-2024)
Penalty, see § 10.99