This district is intended to provide carefully planned business and community use with residential space above commercial space in the downtown area.

(Code 1989, § 24-31; Ord. eff. 6-5-1962; Ord. of 3-24-1997; Amd. of 7-14-1997; Ord. of 7-25-2022(1))

The following uses shall be permitted by right:

(1)

Residences on floors above the ground floor.

(2)

Professional and business offices.

(3)

Banks and lending institutions.

(4)

Theaters.

(5)

Restaurants, as defined in section 16-340, or catering establishments, that close before 11:00 p.m.

(6)

Signs as permitted under article XI.

(7)

Personal service businesses, such as, but not limited to, barbershops, beauty parlors, spa services, and shoe repair shops.

(8)

Retail sales establishments for products with no age restrictions.

(9)

Public utilities.

(10)

Virginia ABC Stores.

(11)

Libraries, museums, education facilities.

(12)

Exercise gyms or studios.

(13)

Homestay in residences, as defined in section 38-77 (with no limit on distance between homestay properties and no limit on number of homestay properties owned).

(14)

Hotels with up to ten rooms.

(15)

Churches and other places of worship.

(16)

Municipal uses.

(17)

Public parking.

(18)

Public outdoor spaces.

(19)

Art galleries, artist and/or artisan studios.

(Code 1989, § 24-32; Ord. eff. 6-5-1962; Ord. of 3-24-1997; Amd. of 7-14-1997; Ord. of 7-25-2022(1))

The following uses shall be permitted in the Business, Downtown, District (B-1), subject to all the other requirements of this chapter, only upon obtaining a special use permit, as defined in article XV, from the town council.

(1)

Clubs and lodges.

(2)

Cigar, hookah, or vaping sales or lounges.

(3)

Retail establishments that sell any product with age limitations.

(4)

Any business open after 11:00 p.m.

(5)

Hotels with more than ten rooms.

(6)

Open air produce and arts and crafts markets.

(Code 1989, § 24-33; Ord. eff. 6-5-1962; Ord. of 3-24-1997; Amd. of 7-14-1997; Amd. of 7-27-1998; Amd. of 2-24-2003; Mo. of 2-22-2010; Ord. No. O-06-2012, § 24-33, 10-22-2012; Ord. of 7-25-2022(1))

The following uses are strictly forbidden in the Business Downtown District. No permit is possible.

(1)

Fuel sales, gas station, or fuel storage and distribution

(2)

Processing of any produce, seafood, meat, or poultry

(3)

Vehicle repair

(4)

Any business that uses noxious materials (any materials which are injurious to health upon casual human exposure without protective clothing or other protective equipment).

(Ord. of 7-25-2022(1))

There are no area regulations for the Business, Downtown, District (B-1).

(Ord. of 7-25-2022(1))

There are no setback regulations for the Business, Downtown, District (B-1).

(Ord. of 7-25-2022(1))

There are no frontage and yard regulations for the Business, Downtown, District (B-1).

(Ord. of 7-25-2022(1))

(a)

Buildings may be erected to a height not to exceed two and one-half stories or 35 feet.

(b)

Public utility structures, church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, water towers, chimneys, flues, flag poles, television antennas and radio aerials are exempt. Parapet walls may be to four feet above the height of the building on which the walls rest.

(c)

No accessory building may be more than one and one-half stories or 20 feet in height.

(Code 1989, § 24-37; Ord. eff. 6-5-1962; Ord. of 3-24-1997; Amd. of 7-14-1997; Ord. of 7-25-2022(1))

Penalty for violating any regulation within this section is equivalent to a class 4 misdemeanor and subject to the maximum fine of $250.00, or that maximum established by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Each violation will be treated as a separate violation and subject to the maximum fine per incident.

(Ord. of 7-25-2022(1))