§ 3-6000. Commercial use types.
Adult entertainment establishment.\ An establishment having a substantial or significant portion of its stock in trade books, magazines and other periodicals which are distinguished or characterized by their emphasis on matter depicting, describing or related to "specified sexual activities" or "specified anatomical areas," or an establishment with a segment or section devoted to the sale or display of such material. This use includes any adult bookstore, adult mini-motion-picture theater, adult picture theater, cabaret, drug paraphernalia store, and internet sweepstakes cafe.
Auction establishment.\ A structure or enclosure where goods are sold by auction on a recurring basis. Expressly excluded from this use are non-recurring auctions of property, possessions, estates, and other items located at the premises where the auction is being conducted.
Bed and breakfast.\ A dwelling or portion thereof, in which lodging is provided by the owner or operator who resides on the premises. This use offers short-term lodging rooms and meals for transient guests, none of who remain for more than fourteen (14) consecutive nights each. This definition shall include the term tourist home.
Boarding house.\ A single-family dwelling unit, or part thereof, with three (3) or more rooms that are rented individually or collectively by long-term residents (at least month-to-month tenants) as opposed to overnight or weekly guests. A boarding house may make provisions for serving meals.
Boat repair yard.\ See "marina" listed under commercial use types.
Boating and fishing facilities.\ Facilities catering to the general public, whether an admission is charged or not, where provisions are made for fishing from the shoreline or from a pier and/or launching or rental of boats are available on-site.
Business support service.\ Establishment or place of business engaged in the sale, rental or repair of office equipment, supplies and materials, or the provision of services used by office, professional and service establishments. Typical uses include office equipment and supply firms, small business machine repair shops, convenience printing and copying establishments, mail and packaging stores, as well as temporary labor services.
Business or trade school.\ A use providing education or training in business, commerce, language, or other similar activity or occupational pursuit, and not otherwise defined as an educational facility, either primary and secondary, or college and university, or as a home occupation.
Campground.\ Any site, lot, parcel or tract of land on which accommodations for temporary occupancy are located or may be placed, including cabins, tents, and recreational equipment, recreational vehicles, and which is primarily used for recreational purposes and retains an open air or natural character.
Campground, workforce.\ A small campground facility intended for the temporary workforce routinely required by establishments in the community for periods of up to one hundred and twenty (120) days at a time, and are intended to have only the minimum essential services necessary for recreational vehicles.
Car wash.\ Washing and cleaning of vehicles. Typical uses include automatic conveyor machines and self-service car washes.
Catering.\ Any establishment engaged in the preparation of food and beverages, or where food containers or supplies are kept, handled, prepared, packaged or stored for off- site distribution to individuals, events, and satellite operations.
Commercial equipment repair, accessory to dwelling.\ The repair and/or maintenance of mechanical, electrical, or electronic devices and equipment, such as, computers, televisions, lawnmowers, household appliances, machine parts, and other similar devices.
Commercial indoor amusement.\ Establishments which provide games of chance, skill or scoring other than an incidental use of the premises. Games would include pinball and video machines, pool and billiard tables and other similar amusement or entertainment devices, whether or not they are coin-operated, and also card games, bingo, and off-track betting. Typical uses include game rooms, pool halls, video arcades, and bingo parlors.
Commercial indoor entertainment.\ Predominantly spectator uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include motion picture theaters, drama theaters, concert or music halls.
Commercial indoor sports and recreation.\ Predominantly participant uses conducted within an enclosed building. Typical uses include bowling alleys, ice and roller skating rinks, indoor racquetball, squash courts, swimming, and/or tennis facilities, archery and indoor shooting ranges and similar uses.
Commercial outdoor entertainment/sports and recreation.\ Predominantly spectator uses conducted in open or partially enclosed or screened facilities. Typical uses include motor vehicle, boat, motorcycle or animal racing facilities/complexes, drive-in movies, miniature golf, amphitheaters and outdoor amusement parks, motorized cart and motorcycle tracks, and motorized model airplane flying facilities. Professional and semi-professional athletic fields shall also be included in this use.
Commercial outdoor swimming pool and tennis facility.\ Outdoor pools or tennis facilities operated by a commercial entity that are open to the general public usually requiring membership or some form of payment.
Construction office, temporary.\ A trailer used as a temporary office during a construction operation. This use includes construction office trailers occupied in conjunction with residential or nonresidential development.
Construction sales and service.\ Establishments or places of business primarily engaged in retail or wholesale sale, from the premises, of materials used in the construction of buildings or other structures, but specifically excluding motor vehicle or equipment supplies otherwise classified herein. Typical uses include building material stores and home supply establishments.
Contractor office and storage facility.\ An establishment or place of business engaged in the construction of residential or commercial structures including trades that assist in building construction or remodeling including carpentry, electrical, masonry, painting, metalworking, flooring installation, ductwork, plumbing, heating, au conditioning, roofing, and other similar trades.
Convenience store.\ Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of frequently or recurrently needed goods for household consumption, such as prepackaged food and beverages, limited household supplies and hardware.
Crematorium.\ A location used for cremation containing properly installed, certified apparatus for this process.
Dance hall.\ Any establishment open to the general public where dancing is permitted and a cover charge is directly or indirectly required for entry into the establishment. However, a restaurant licensed to serve food and beverages having a dance floor with an area not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the total floor area of the establishment shall not be considered a dance hall.
Equipment sales and rental.\ Establishments primarily engaged in the sale or rental of tools, trucks, tractors, construction equipment, and similar industrial equipment. Included in this use type is the incidental storage, maintenance, and servicing of such equipment.
Event center.\ A multipurpose facility with flexible indoor/outdoor space, typically used for activities such as weddings, conventions, meetings, job fairs, and trade shows.
Flea market.\ Occasional or periodic commercial activities held in an open area or enclosed structure where groups of sellers rent space on a short-term basis to display, barter, or sell goods to the general public. A fee may be charged for expected buyers for admission, or a fee may be charged for the privilege of offering or displaying such merchandise. A flea market is composed of semi-closed or outdoor stalls, stands, or spaces.
Funeral home.\ Establishments engaged in undertaking services such as preparing the dead for burial, and arranging and managing funerals. This use excludes crematorium, which is defined separately.
Garden center.\ Establishments engaged primarily in the retail sale of trees, shrubs, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, plants, plant materials, and garden supplies, primarily for agricultural, residential and commercial consumers.
Gasoline station.\ A facility for the retail sale of motor vehicle fuels, oils, and accessories, where repair is incidental, where no more than two (2) abandoned vehicles or other motor vehicles shall be stored on the premises. May include the sale of propane or kerosene as an accessory use.
General store, country.\ A single store, the ground floor area of which is four thousand (4,000) square feet or less and which offers for sale, primarily, most of the following articles: bread, milk, cheese, candy, papers and magazines, and general hardware articles. Gasoline may also be offered for sale but only as a secondary activity of a country general store.
Golf course.\ A tract of land for playing golf, improved with tees, greens, fairways, hazards, and which may include clubhouses and shelters. Included would be executive or par three (3) golf courses.
Golf driving range.\ A limited area on which golf players do not walk, but onto which they drive golf balls from a common driving tee.
Hospital.\ A building or group of buildings having room facilities for one (1) or more patients, used for providing services for the inpatient medical or surgical care of sick or injured humans and which may include related facilities such as laboratories, outpatient departments, training facilities, central service facilities, ambulance stops and helicopter landing sites, and other incidental and subordinate uses integral to hospital operations.
Hospital, special care.\ A special care hospital shall mean an institution rendering care primarily for patients with mentally-related illness, or under treatment for alcoholism, substance abuse, etc.
Hotel/motel/motor lodge/inn.\ A building or group of attached or detached buildings containing lodging units intended primarily for rental or lease to transients by the day or week. Such uses generally provide additional services such as daily maid service, restaurants, taverns, or public banquet halls, ballrooms, and meeting rooms and/or recreation facilities.
Kennel, commercial.\ The boarding, breeding, raising, grooming or training of two (2) or more dogs, cats, or other household pets of any age not owned by the owner or occupant of the premises.
Laundry.\ Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of laundering, cleaning or dyeing services other than those classified as personal services. Typical uses include bulk laundry and cleaning plants, diaper services, or linen supply services.
Lawn and garden services.\ Establishments primarily engaged in performing a variety of lawn and garden services, including Bermuda sprigging services, cemetery upkeep, garden maintenance, garden planting, lawn care, lawn fertilizing services, lawn mowing services, lawn mulching services, lawn seeding services, lawn spraying services, lawn sprigging services, mowing highway center strips and edges, seeding highway strips, sod laying and turf installation.
Manufactured home sales.\ Establishment primarily engaged in the display, retail sale, rental, and minor repair of new and used manufactured homes, parts, and equipment.
Marina.\ A use for docking or mooring of more than four (4) boats (excluding paddle or rowboats) or providing services to boats, including servicing and repair, sale of fuel and supplies, and provisions of lodging, goods, beverages. A yacht or boat club shall be considered a marina.
Medical clinic.\ A facility providing medical, psychiatric, or surgical service for sick or injured persons exclusively on an outpatient basis including emergency treatment, diagnostic services, training, administration and services to outpatients, employees, or visitors. This use may include ambulance stops, helicopter landing sites, and other incidental and subordinate uses integral to providing outpatient care. This would include medical offices in excess of ten thousand (10,000) square feet of floor area.
Micro-brewery, distillery, cidery.\ See "Brewery, distillery, cidery" listed under industrial use types. A micro-brewery, distillery, cidery shall not exceed fifteen thousand (15,000) barrels per year in production.
Mini-warehouse.\ A building designed to provide rental storage space in cubicles where each cubicle has a maximum floor area of four hundred (400) square feet. Each cubicle shall be enclosed by walls and ceiling and have a separate entrance for the loading and unloading of stored goods.
Motor vehicle dealership, new.\ The use of a building, land area or other premises for the display of new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, or motorcycles for sale or lease, including warranty repair work and other major and minor repair service conducted as an accessory use.
Motor vehicle dealership, used.\ Any lot or establishment where two (2) or more used motor vehicles, including automobiles, trucks, and motorcycles are displayed at one (1) time for sale or lease, including warranty repair work and other major and minor repair service conducted as an accessory use.
Motor vehicle/outdoor storage.\ The outdoor storage of operable motor vehicles, and boats. Motor vehicles in this use shall include cars, trucks, sports utility vehicles, motorcycles, boats, motor homes or RVs. This use shall specifically include vehicle impound areas for operable vehicles.
Motor vehicle parts/supply, retail.\ Retail sales of automobile parts and accessories. Typical uses include automobile parts and supply stores which offer new and factory rebuilt parts and accessories, and include establishments which offer minor automobile repair services.
Motor vehicle/rental.\ Rental of motor vehicles and light trucks and vans, including incidental parking and servicing of vehicles for rent or lease. Typical uses include auto rental agencies and taxicab dispatch areas.
Motor vehicle repair service/major.\ Repair of construction equipment, commercial trucks, agricultural implements and similar heavy equipment, including automobiles, where major engine and transmission repairs are conducted. Typical uses include automobile and truck repair garages, transmission shops, radiator shops, body and fender shops, equipment service centers, machine shops and other similar uses where major repair activities are conducted.
Motor vehicle repair service/minor.\ Repair of automobiles, noncommercial trucks, motorcycles, motor homes, recreational vehicles, or boats, including the sale, installation, and servicing of equipment and parts. Typical uses include tire sales and installation, wheel and brake shops, oil and lubrication services, automobile glass repair and similar repair and service activities where minor repairs and routine maintenance are conducted.
Pawn shop.\ A use engaged in the loaning of money on the security of property pledged in the keeping of the pawnbroker and the incidental sale of such property.
Personal improvement service.\ Establishment primarily engaged in the provision of informational, instructional, personal improvements and similar services. Typical uses include driving schools, health fitness centers or gyms, reducing salons, dance studios, handicraft and hobby instruction, and baseball and basketball instruction facilities.
Personal service.\ Establishment or place of business engaged in the provision of frequently or recurrently needed services of a personal nature. Typical uses include beauty and barber shops; grooming of pets; seamstresses, tailors, or shoe repairs; florists; and laundromats and dry cleaning stations serving individuals and households, massage therapy and chiropractic services.
Real estate office, temporary.\ A Class A or B manufactured home, single-family home or other structure used on a temporary basis as a real estate sales office in conjunction with residential development.
Recreational vehicle sales and service.\ Retail sales of recreational vehicles and boats, including service and storage of vehicles and parts and related accessories.
Restaurant, drive-in fast food.\ An establishment primarily engaged in the preparation of food and beverages, for either take-out, delivery or table service, primarily served in disposable containers at a counter, a drive-up or drive-through service facility or offers curb service.
Restaurant, general.\ An establishment engaged in the preparation of food and beverages. This use is characterized by table service to customers in nondisposable containers.
Retail sales.\ Sale or rental with incidental service of goods and merchandise for personal or household use which is not otherwise specifically described in the listing of commercial use types contained herein. Such uses include bakeries, drug stores, bookstores, furniture, gifts, hardware, grocery stores, clothing stores, and floral retail shops.
Studio, fine arts.\ A building, or portion thereof, used as a place of business for visual art, which may include sculptors, artists or photographers.
Tattoo parlor.\ Any establishment placing designs, letters, scrolls, figures, symbols or any other mark upon or under the skin of any person with ink or other substance resulting in the permanent coloration of the skin, including permanent makeup or jewelry, by the aid of needles or any other instrument designed to touch or puncture skin, except when performed by a medical doctor, veterinarian, registered nurse or other medical professional licensed pursuant to Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia in the performance of professional duties. Such establishment may also perform body piercing.
Taxidermy.\ A building where animal skins are prepared, stuffed and mounted for sale.
Truck stop.\ An establishment containing a mixture of uses which cater to the traveling public and in particular motor freight operators. A truck stop might include such uses as fuel pumps, restaurants, overnight accommodations, retail sales related to the motor freight industry, and similar uses.
Truck terminal.\ See "warehousing and distribution" listed under industrial use types.
Veterinary hospital/clinic.\ Any establishment rendering surgical and medical treatment of animals. Boarding of animals shall only be conducted indoors, on a short-term basis, and shall only be incidental to such hospital/clinic use, unless also authorized and approved as a commercial kennel.
Wholesale sales.\ Businesses engaged in the sale of goods primarily via mail order to other businesses and/or businesses engaged in the repackaging and resale of goods. Included in this use type are businesses that publish and operate mail order catalogues and wholesale operations that buy in large quantities for repackage or resale to mail order and internet sales customers. This use shall exclude warehousing and distribution, which is regulated as a separate use. (7-7-05; 8-21-08; 12-18-08; Ord. No. 2012-10-C, 10-18-12; Ord. No. 2013-4-C, 4-18-13; 6-19-14; 7-17-14; 5-19-16; 11-17-16; 7-19-18; 11-15-18.)