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B-2 Zoning, City of Harrisonburg:
Article Q
B-2 General Business District
Sec. 10-3-88. - GENERAL
The regulations set forth in this article or set forth elsewhere
in this chapter when referred to in this article are the “B-2”
General Business District Regulations.
Sec. 10-3-89. PURPOSE OF DISTRICT
This district is intended to provide sufficient space in appropriate
locations for a wide variety of retail shopping, commercial,
automotive, and miscellaneous recreational and service activities,
generally serving the City, a wide area of the region, and the
traveling public and generally located along major thoroughfares
or near development centers where a general mixture of commercial
and service activity now exists or is planned, but which uses
are not characterized by extensive warehousing, frequent heavy
trucking activity, or the nuisance factors of dust, odor, and
noise, associated with manufacturing.
Sec. 10-3-90. USES PERMITTED
BY RIGHT
The following uses are permitted by right:
1. Mercantile establishments which promote the show,
sale and rental of goods, personal service establishments, restaurants
and other shops and stores customary to shopping centers and
convenience outlets.
2. Governmental, business, and professional offices and
financial institutions.
3. Hotels, motels and similar types of transient accommodations.
Non-transient housing facilities are not permitted nor may existing
housing facilities be expanded.
4. Theaters, community rooms, museums and galleries and
other places of assembly for the purpose of entertainment or
education. In addition, customary recreational and leisure time
activities which are compatible with surrounding uses are permitted.
5. Religious, educational, charitable or benevolent institutional
uses which do not provide housing facilities.
6. Service stations, bus terminals and other facilities
designed for vehicular convenience or service, automobile, mobile
home and customary agricultural sales and service. In addition,
designated lots for the purpose of display and sales of merchandise
and equipment are permitted but such lots must be served by
a permanent building facility unless clearly incidental to an
existing building.
7. Automobile or truck sales, service and repair, including
body or fender repair, but not auto salvage, storage or sale
of junk.
8. General service or repair shops permitted by right
in the B-1 Central Business District but without the limitation
as to the number of employees.
9. Pet shop or pet grooming establishment, and animal
hospitals.
10. Radio and television stations and studios or recording
studios.
11. Public utilities, public service or public transportation
uses of buildings, generating, purification or treatment plants,
water storage tanks, pumping or regulator stations, telephone
exchange and transformer or substations.
12. Warehousing and other storage facilities with floor
area limited to 20,000 square feet, which are contiguous to
permitted uses in this district.
13. Funeral homes.
14. Public and privately owned parking lots and parking
garages.
15. Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental
to any of the above listed uses.
16. Research and development activities which do not cause
any more smoke, dust, odor, noise, vibration or danger of explosion
than other uses permitted in this district and which involve
no more than fifteen (15) percent of the gross floor area in
the assembling or processing of products. Any assembling r processing
shall only involve products developed on the premises. All services
and storage shall be conducted within the principal structure
which is to be completely enclosed.
17. Plant nurseries and greenhouses provided any outside
storage of materials, other than plants, must be screened.
18. Public uses.
Sec. 10-3-91 USES PERMITTED ONLY BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT
Not included
Sec. 10-3-92 AREA AND DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS
Except as provided in Article S, the following area and dimensional
regulations shall apply:
MINIMUM SETBACK:
Front – Thirty (30) feet.
Side – Ten (10) feet, except on the side of a lot abutting a
residential district, then thirty (30) feet; provided that for
any building greater than thirty-five (35) feet in height which
abuts a residential district, then one additional foot of setback
is required for each foot above thirty-five (35) feet.
Rear – Ten (10) feet, except on the side of a lot abutting a
residential district, then thirty (30) feet; provided that for
any building greater than thirty-five (35) feet in height which
abuts a residential district, then one additional foot of setback
is required for each foot above thirty-five (35) feet.
MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT:
Stories – Six (6), not to exceed 75 feet for structures designed
for human occupancy in all or in part of said structures.
Structures not designed for human occupancy but which may provide
accessory uses such as parking facilities shall be restricted
to 75 feet in height.
Sec. 10-3-93 OTHER REGULATIONS
(a) Provisions for off-street parking and loading regulations
within this district shall comply with article G.
(b) Provisions for parking lot landscaping regulations
within this district shall comply with article G also.
(c) Unless modified or superseded by other ordinances
which directly apply to the general health, safety and welfare
of the public, all accessory storage of products to be processed
or being processed, and supplies and waste materials resulting
from such work, shall be completely enclosed within structures
of permanent and durable construction. In addition, all on-site
refuse containers or refuse storage facilities shall be located
within a designated area and screened from general public view
by means appropriate to the appearance of this district.
ARTICLE G OFF-STREET PARKING
Sec. 10-3-25. OFF-STREET PARKING REGULATIONS
Off-street parking requirements shall be met as stated herein
for all new buildings and structures and all existing building
types included herein which are hereafter enlarged, altered
and/or changed in use. For the purpose of implementation of
this section, “well defined” shall mean the appropriate use
of surface materials for vehicle use that clearly establishes
and delineates the limits of parking areas and avoids off-site
drainage conditions. Exemptions and modifications may apply,
as stated within this section, in accordance with the following
requirements.
(1) Definition of a “PARKING SPACE”: The area required
for accommodating one (1) automobile or other motorized vehicle
on private property, which shall be a minimum of nine (9) feet
in width and eighteen (18) feet in length, not including passageways.
Twenty-five (25) percent of the total parking provided may be
designated for compact automobiles. Compact spaces shall be
a minimum of eight feet by seventeen feet (8'X17') for regular
spaces and eight feet by twenty feet (8'X20') for parallel spaces
and that all such compact car spaces by clearly marked, using
vertical signage, with the wording "Compact Cars Only".
(2) Definition of a “PARKING LOT”: A tract of land which
is used for the temporary storage of motor vehicles or accessory
vehicles.
(3) Definition of “LANDSCAPING FOR PARKING LOTS”: All
parking lots for new buildings other than industrial sites requiring
more than ten (10) parking spaces, shall include well defined
and maintained landscaped areas equal to at least fifteen (15)
percent of the total area to be used for parking, maneuvering
and driveways on-site. Parking spaces shall be separated from
all right-of-way lines and property lines by a landscaped border
not less than ten (10) feet in width or appropriate visual elements
such as walls or fencing, except along adjoining lot lines which
lie within a shared parking arrangement approved by a special
use permit allowing for a zero side yard setback. Landscaping
interior to the parking area or within a thirty-foot perimeter
of the parking are shall be permitted to count toward meeting
the fifteen (15) percent requirement. It is required that hardy
trees or shrubs which are regional species be planted or saved,
and that all plantings and ground cover be either maintained
or replaced.
(4) Definition of “LANDSCAPING FOR SHOPPING CENTER PARKING
LOTS”: Shopping Centers, as defined, shall provide well defined
and maintained landscaped areas equal to at least fifteen (15)
percent of the total approved parking area which shall include
not less than ten (10) feet wide landscaped borders or appropriate
screening adjoining all right-of-ways and property lines. Until
the fifteen (15) percent requirement is met, rows of parking
spaces shall be divided at intervals of from 8 to 12 parking
spaces by a landscaped area at least five (5) feet in width
and at least fifteen (15) feet in length. Intent of landscaping
under subsection (3) shall apply.
(5) Where a creation of a paved or graveled parking lot
may cause storm water run-off due to grade conditions, review
and approval by the City Engineer’s Office is necessary before
the improvement is to be made.
(6) In addition to the number of parking spaces required
for new uses under this section, a change in use from existing
single family dwellings to permitted multi-family housing units
or other tenant housing facilities shall meet the following
requirements.
A. Off-street parking spaces shall not be located within
the established front yard area between the front property line
and the building itself.
B. All areas on-site which comprise the off-street parking
plan shall be visually defined by appropriate use of surface
materials for vehicular uses which shall be duly maintained.
(7) In addition to the number of parking spaces required
by use under this section, nonresidential uses permitted in
residential districts shall meet the following requirements:
A. Nonresidential parking spaces shall be designated
so as to Provide continuous visual separation of at least five
(5) feet in width between parking and adjoining residential
property, where applicable, by means of landscaping, fencing
or ground cover. In addition, all areas between building setbacks
and public street frontage shall be restricted to fifty (50)
percent development for parking area.
B. All areas on-site which comprise the off-street parking
plan shall be visually defined by paved or graveled surfaces
which shall be duly maintained as a condition of the occupancy
permit.
C. Non-residential parking areas, where applicable, shall
comply with section 10-3-23 (3) “LANDSCAPING FOR PARKING LOTS.
(8) For all uses other than single-family and duplex,
on-site parking shall not depend on the public right-of-way,
other than alleys or transient easements, in order to maneuver
into or out of parking spaces, and the moving of any vehicle
on site shall not meet the intent of this section, except quadraplexes
and townhouses which have an attached two-car garage and an
adjacent driveway. Said garage and driveway. Said garage and
driveway shall constitute three (3) parking spaces, regardless
if whether it is necessary to move a vehicle parked in the driveway
in order to maneuver any other vehicle parked in the garage
or otherwise. This restrictive covenant of any such quadraplex
or townhouse shall prohibit the conversion of the garage to
either living or storage space.
(9) All means of ingress and egress for parking on lots
fronting on more than one (1) public street shall be located
at least twenty-five (25) feet from the intersection of property
lines (right-of-ways) of such streets.
(10) DWELLING: One (1) parking space for each new detached
single family dwelling. Two (2) parking spaces for each duplex
unit. For town houses and other multifamily dwellings, one and
one-half (1 1/2) spaces for each dwelling unit with one bedroom,
two and one half (2 ½) parking spaces for each dwelling unit
with two (2) or three (3) bedrooms, plus one additional parking
space for each bedroom when a unit has over three bedrooms.
(11) BOARDING, ROOMING, FRATERNITY OR SORORITY HOUSES:
One (1) parking space per bed occupancy as approved by an occupancy
permit. Parking spaces shall not be located between the front
building façade and property lines fronting public streets.
(12) HOTELS, MOTELS, AND SIMILAR TRANSIENT HOUSING: One
(1) parking space for each sleeping room or suite plus one (1)
parking space for each four (4) seat capacity of dining and
or assembly spaces. In addition, sufficient parking spaces for
employees. Also refer to subsection (3) above.
(13) HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES, OR SIMILAR CARE FACILITIES:
Two (2) parking spaces for each four (4) beds of the maximum
capacity plus one (1) parking space for each attending physician.
In addition, sufficient parking spaces for employees. Also refer
to subsection (3) above.
(14) CHURCHES, FUNERAL HOMES, AUDITORIUMS, THEATRES,
AND SIMILAR USES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY (EXCEPTING SCHOOLS): One
(1) parking space for each ten (10) fixed seats in the assembly
use of the largest capacity (10%), or two (2) spaces for each
ten (10) portable seats in the assembly use for the largest
capacity (20%). When assembly users may borrow parking from
other public or private parking facilities in close proximity,
the Planning Commission, upon comprehensive site plan review,
may modify these requirements. Also refer to subsection (3)
above.
(15) ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, JUNIOR OR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS,
COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES OR EQUIVALENT FACILITIES: Proposed off-street
parking spaces shall be programmed by the applicable school
authorities as necessary to meet State Standards for use and
consideration of site locations, then submitted to the Planning
Commission for comprehensive site plan review. Also refer to
subsection (3) above.
(16) PRIVATE CLUBS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, CIVIC
AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS NOT CONSIDERED PUBLIC ASSEMBLY:
One (1) parking space for every ten (10) members (10%); on the
same ratio of parking to persons permitted to use the facilities.
Also refer to subsection (3) above.
(17) COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES, MUSEUMS AND SIMILAR
FACILITIES NOT DEPENDENT ON PUBLIC ASSEMBLY OR SEATING: One
(1) parking space for each two hundred and fifty (250) square
feet of public floor area. as defined, plus sufficient parking
spaces for employees. Also refer to subsection (3) above.
(18) RESTAURANTS, CAFES, TAVERNS OR SIMILAR EATING AND/OR
DRINKING FACILITIES: One (1) parking space for each one hundred
(100) square feet of gross floor area. Also refer to subsection
(3) above.
(19) BUSINESS OR PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, MEDICAL OR DENTAL
CLINICS, BANKS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS: A minimum of three
(3) spaces or one (1) space for each three hundred (300) square
feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof; whichever is greater.
Also refer to subsection (3) above.
(20) RETAIL STORES, SALES ROOMS AND SIMILAR MERCANTILE
ESTABLISHMENTS: If ten thousand (10,000) square feet or less
of gross floor area, one parking space for each two hundred
(200) square feet of gross floor area; if over ten thousand
(10,000) square feet of gross floor are, one parking space for
each two hundred and fifty (250) square feet of gross floor
area. Also refer to subsection (3) above.
(21) MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL PLANTS, RESEARCH OR
WHOLESALE STORES, TESTING LABORATORIES, ASSEMBLY PLANTS, WAREHOUSES
OR SIMILAR FACILITIES: One (1) parking space for each two (2)
persons working on the premises on a maximum working shift,
plus parking space for every truck or other vehicle used in
connection therewith. Modifications to landscaping requirements
may be approved by the Zoning Administrator or the Planning
Commission upon review of site plans.
(22) Dwelling, multifamily or institutional where at
least ninety (90) percent of the units are to be occupied by
persons sixty (60) years or more of age (other than nursing
homes or hospitals): One parking space for each independent
living unit plus sufficient parking spaces for employees. For
assisted living units, one parking space for every two (2) living
units plus one parking space for each employee.
(23) Institutional residential facilities (other than
those with ninety (90) percent occupancy by persons sixty (60)
years or more of age or fraternities or sororities): One space
for every three (3) beds of the maximum occupancy plus one parking
space for each employee.
(24) College or university academic buildings: One space
for every four (4) classroom seats based on maximum capacity
plus one space per employee.
(25) Nursing homes: One parking space per every four
(4) beds of the maximum capacity plus one parking space for
each employee.
(26) For all residentital uses, other than single family
residential structures, all off-street parking spaces and drives
shall be constructed of an all weather-stabilized, dust free
surface which is clearly defined from adjoining on-site improvements.
Should the parking lot surface not be installed during other
phases of on-site development, then installation of the parking
or driveway surface shall be assured through the posting of
a performance bond with surety, cash escrow, irrevocable letter
of credit or combination thereof.
(27) Auto repair and service establishment: Two (2) parking
spaces per service bay plus one space for every two hundred
(200) square feet of retail floor area; service bay is not a
parking space. Also refer to subsection (3) above.
Sec. 10-3-26. LOCATION IN RELATION TO BUILDING OR USE SERVED.
All parking spaces required herein shall be located on the same
lot with the building or use served or adjoining lots within
a zoning district permitting the same. A common or cooperative
location, which provided parking for two (2) or more uses, shall
be in the ownership of all of the participating property owners,
or shall have permanent easement and maintenance agreements
between the participating property owners, and shall have combined
parking space equal to the sum required for the separate uses,
except that the amount of space may be reduced by the planning
commission for reason of different hours of activity among the
various uses, and shall be subject to such arrangements as will
guarantee the permanent availability of such space. When assembly
uses propose borrowing parking from other public or private
parking facilities which are properly zoned and in reasonable
proximity, the Planning Commission, upon site plan review, may
modify the number of on-site parking spaces.
Sec. 10-3-27. COMBINING OR ASSIGNING SPACES FOR SEPARATE USES.
The required space for any number of separate uses may be combined
in one (1) lot. At the time of site plan review when the total
occupancy cannot be determined by use, the primary use or intent
will be the basis for determining off-street parking requirement.
Sec. 10-3-28. RULES FOR COMPUTING REQUIRED NUMBER OF SPACES.
In computing the number of parking spaces required, the following
rules shall govern:
(1) Where fractional floor space results, the parking
spaces required shall be construed to the next whole number.
(2) Whenever a building or use is changed or enlarged
in floor area, or otherwise affects the necessary number of
parking spaces, such spaces shall be provided on the basis of
the enlargement or change in accordance with this section.
(3) Computations of parking space requirements on an
employee basis shall be based on maximum number of employees
on duty. Computations of parking space requirements on a person
basis shall be based on the occupancy load of the building.
Sec. 10-3-29. OTHER REQUIREMENTS
(a) All off-street parking spaces for handicapped persons
shall conform with the most recent American Disabilities Act
regulations.
(b) All off-street parking spaces, loading area, driveways,
travel ways, parking bays and entrances shall comply with the
city design and construction standards manual.
Sec. 10-3-30. OFF-STREET LOADING AND UNLOADING SPACE.
Every building or structure used for business, trade or industry
shall provide appropriate space for the loading and unloading
of vehicles on private property and not depend on public streets
for the maneuvering of such vehicles. Dependence on alleys or
easements for loading/unloading and maneuvering may be permitted
provided that such use does not obstruct the passage of other
vehicles. Such space shall have access to a public alley or
if there is no alley, to a public street.
Sec. 11 SIGN REGULATIONS (the entire section is not included
below)
Sec. 11-5-3 - General regulations for all signs
The following regulations apply generally to all signs in addition
to regulations for different districts set forth elsewhere in
this chapter.
(1) No sign, unless herein excepted, shall be erected,
constructed, attached, altered or relocated, except as provided
in this chapter, until a permit has been issued by the director
of community development or their designated agent. Before any
permit is issued an application shall be filed in the office
of the director of community development along with sufficient
plans and/or specifications as is necessary to fully establish
the scope and intent of the work and the total value of the
signage including cost of installation. All signs, which are
electrically illuminated, shall require a separate electrical
permit and inspection. All permits shall become null and void
when work is not performed within one year from the date on
which the permit is issued. Fees for sign permits shall be in
accordance with the schedule adopted by ordinance, a copy of
which is maintained in the office of the director of community
development.
(2) Structural and safety features and electrical systems
shall be in compliance with applicable standards of the Uniform
Statewide Building Code. In addition, no sign shall be approved
for use when it can be shown that site placement may jeopardize
site vision for motorists or pedestrians or otherwise present
a concern for public safety.
(3) The following signage is exempted from the provisions
of this chapter which requires a permit, but shall be in accordance
with applicable safety standards:
- Official traffic signs or structures and provisional warning
signs when erected or required to be erected by a government
agency, and temporary signs which address dangerous conditions.
- Change of copy within existing sign perimeters.
- Directional signs which address only traffic flow or other
functional assistance rather than advertising.
- Temporary nonilluminated signs not exceeding the size limits
for permanent signs in any district, or height, and placed only
for the duration of construction work in progress or real estate
promotion, located on premises and limited to one such sign
per each street frontage.
- Sign on a truck, bus, or other vehicle while in use in the
normal course of business. This subsection should not be interpreted
to permit parking for display purposes of a vehicle to which
signs are attached in a district, which such signs are not permitted.
(4) The director of community development, or their designated
agent, upon application, as required in this chapter, may issue
temporary permits for the following signs and displays for a
period of not exceeding thirty (30) days when, in their opinion,
the use of such signs and displays would be in the public interest
and would not result in damage to private property.
- Signs advertising a special civic or cultural event, such
as a fair or exposition, play, concert, meeting, sponsored by
a government, civic or charitable organization.
- Special decorative displays used for holidays, public demonstrations
or promotion for nonpartisan civic purposes.
(5) Pennants, banners, streamers and all other fluttering,
spinning or similar-type signs and advertising devices are prohibited,
except for national flags and flags of political subdivisions
of the United States, and except for flags of bona fide civic,
charitable, fraternal and welfare organizations; provided, that
during nationally recognized holiday periods, or during a special
civic event, pennants, banners, streamers and other fluttering,
spinning or similar-type advertising devices pertaining to said
periods or events may be displayed by temporary permits as provided
above in this section; and further provided, that the director
of community development, or their designated agent, may approve
a banner over main street as provided for in section 11-5-3
(18) of this Code and may approve special flags and flag poles
when, in their opinion, they form an integral design feature
of a building or group of buildings and not an ordinary advertising
device.
(6) No flashing signs shall be permitted in any district.
(7) No sign shall be fastened to, supported by or be
placed on the roof of a building and no projecting sign shall
extend over the top of or above the roofline or parapet wall
of a building.
(8) Applications for signs and displays, including off-premise
advertising, which give rise to questions of interpretation
of these regulations may be referred by the director of community
development to the city council for the purpose of interpretation
by the city council and recommendation for action on the application
by the director of community development. If, in the opinion
of the city council, the application is not adequately covered
by these m regulations, the city council may amend this chapter.
(9) No sign shall be constructed, erected, used, operated
or maintained which:
- Displays intermittent lights resembling, or seeming or resemble,
the flashing lights customarily associated with danger or such
as are customarily used by police, fire or ambulance vehicles
or for navigation purposes.
- Is so located and so illuminated as to provide a background
of colored lights blending with traffic signal lights to the
extent of confusing a motorist when viewed from normal approaching
position of a vehicle to a distance of twenty-five (25) to one
hundred (100) feet.
(10) Permitted signs for a nonconforming business or
industrial use in a residential district shall consist of those
signs permitted in the B-1A Local Business District.
(11) Except as otherwise specifically provided in these
regulations, all nonconforming signs shall be allowed to remain
until said signs are destroyed or removed. Nonconforming signs
cannot be enlarged in area or extended in height. A nonconforming
sign, which is destroyed or damaged, to a greater extent than
fifty (50) percent of its appraised value cannot be altered,
replaced, repaired or reinstalled unless it is in conformation
with this ordinance. A nonconforming sign which is damaged to
an extent equal to or less than fifty (50) percent of its appraised
value can be repaired or replaced by a sign having the same
or smaller size and in the same location of the sign prior to
its incurring damage. Any freestanding sign that is nonconforming
as to height can be altered in message and/or have the sign
removed and replaced, so long as the pole or support structure
remains the same and is not removed or changed; once the pole
or support structure is removed or changed then the sign must
be replaced in conformance with this chapter.
(12) Except to otherwise provided, these regulations
shall be interpreted to permit one sign for each permitted type,
in accordance with applicable regulations, for each street frontage
for each permitted use on the premises. For the purpose of these
regulations, sign “types” are flat, freestanding and projecting
signs, or special purpose signs specifically listed in the district
regulations.
(13) Signs of permitted types and sign area may be placed
on front walls or on walls of buildings other than the front
nonresidential districts, except that signs may not the placed
on side or rear walls abutting and within one hundred (100)
feet of a residential district.
(14) Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, all
signs shall comply with the yard requirements in the district
in which they are located; provided, that one sign, accessory
or otherwise, may occupy required yards in a district where
such sign is permitted by this chapter.
(15) Portable signs, on wheels, carriages or on fixed
supports shall be considered as free-standing signs, be included
in any measurement of permitted sign area, be limited to business
and industrial districts, shall require a permit, shall not
exceed thirty (30) days’ continuous use and shall not be placed
on a public right-of-way.
(16) No sign, portable or otherwise, is to be placed
or located to conflict with the vision clearance or other requirements
of this chapter or applicable traffic ordinances.
(17) No signs shall be attached to trees, utility poles
or any other unapproved supporting structure.
(18) No signs shall project over the public right-of-way
except as follows: (i) signs as permitted within the B-1 Central
Business District; and (ii) the director of community development
or their designated agent may approve a banner to be erected
over Main Street at its intersection with Newman Avenue upon
the following terms and conditions: (a) Only nonprofit charitable
or civic organizations may apply to erect a banner; (b) an application
for the erection of a banner may be submitted no earlier than
one year nor later than sixty (60) days prior to the erection
of the banner; (c) the banner shall not be displayed for a period
greater than two (2) weeks; (d) the banner shall not contain
any logos or advertisements for any commercial corporations;
(e) the applicant shall furnish the city with a certificate
of insurance showing limits of one million dollars ($1,000,000)/three
million dollars ($3,000,000); (f) should more than one organization
apply for the same week, then the organization first applying
and meeting all of the terms and conditions shall be approved
and the other organizations shall be given preference should
the same organizations apply for the same week the following
year; and (g) applicant shall make arrangements with Harrisonburg
Electric Commission for the erection and removal of all approved
banners.
(19) The owner and/or tenant of the premises and the
owner and/or erector of the sign shall be held responsible for
any violation of this chapter. Where a sign has been erected
in accordance with this chapter, the sign company shall be relieved
of further responsibility under this chapter after final approval
of the sign by the director of community development or their
designated agent.
(20) All signs shall be maintained in good condition
and appearance. After due notice has been given as provided
below, the director of community development or their designated
agent, may cause to be removed any sign which shows gross neglect
or becomes dilapidated, or may cause the message of any sign
to be removed, which, by reason of a change in occupancy, no
longer relates to a use conducted on the property.
(21) The director of community development or their designated
agent shall remove or cause to removed any sign erected or maintained
in conflict with this chapter if the owner or lessee of either
the sight or the sign fails to correct the violation within
thirty (30) days after receiving written notice of violation
from the director of community development or their designated
agent. The cost for such removal shall be charged to the owner
or owners of the property where the violation occurred and shall
be collected along with state and local taxes, as provided under
Virginia Code, section 15.1-867.
(22) Fees for sign permits shall be twenty-five dollars
($25.00) up to the first one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) of
sign value and ten dollars ($10.00) for each additional thousand
dollars ($1,000.00) or portion thereof of sign value. Government,
civic, charitable and nonprofit organizations are exempt from
fee requirements.
(23) In the R-3 multiple dwelling residential district,
R-4 planned unit residential district, B-1A local business district,
B-1 central business district, B-2 general business district
and M-1 general industrial district, all signs, with the exception
of those signs referred to in sections 11-5-6(4) and 11-5-7(4)
of this chapter, shall be limited to a total face area of not
more than ten (10) percent of building front square footage
along any one public street or one square foot per one lineal
foot of site frontage parallel to principal street frontage,
whichever is greater.
(Ord. of 4-23-96; Ord. of 11-12-96; Ords. (two) of 8-12-97;
Ord. of 10-20-98)
Section 11-5-6. The following sign regulations shall apply in
the B-1A local business district; B-1 central business district
and B-2 general business district.
1. All permanent signs shall be for on-premises advertising
use, and when affixed to walls or other vertical façade features,
shall be attached rather than painted upon facades so as to
be easily removed upon vacancy of use or change of occupancy.
2. Projecting signs may extend no closer than two (2)
feet from the vertical face of curbing along public streets
and shall have a minimum height clearance of nine (9) feet above
all right-of-ways for pedestrian use and fourteen (14) feet
above potential vehicular use.
3. In the B-1A local business district and the B-1 central
business district, projecting signs, other than directional
signs, shall be limited to one per building per street frontage
and size shall not exceed thirty two (32) square feet. In the
B-2 general business district, projection signs, other than
directional signs, shall be limited to one per building per
street frontage and signs may be double faced
4. For a shopping center, or multiple tenant building,
each individual business shall be allowed wall signage based
upon one square foot of sign area for each linear foot of the
outside exterior walls occupied by that business with the exception
of the rear outside exterior wall. This wall signage is in addition
to the total allowable sign area for the building as a whole.
5. Freestanding signs, other that directional signs,
including pylon or post structures, shall be limited to in the
B-1A local business district and the B-2 general business district,
to a maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet above average grade
conditions, shall not project over any lot line and shall not
exceed a sign area of two hundred forty (240) square feet; and
in the B-1 central business district, a maximum height of thirty
(30) feet above average grade conditions, shall not project
over any lot lines and shall not exceed a sign area of one hundred
(100) square feet.
6. Directional signs which are restricted to public safety
function rather than advertising, such as traffic flow, fire
lanes and parking, shall be permitted as accessory signs and
not included in the computation of sign area.
To the best of our knowledge these regulation are true and accurate.
This is not a complete set of Development Regulations for the
City of Harrisonburg. You should verify all information with
the City of Harrisonburg.
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