Richmond, Va., City Code § 30-450.1 Permitted principal and accessory uses.
Sec. 30-450.1. - Permitted principal and accessory uses.
The following uses of buildings and premises shall be permitted in the OS district, provided that drive-up facilities and facilities for dispensing motor fuels shall not be permitted in conjunction with any of the uses permitted in the district:
(1) Offices, including business, professional and administrative offices, medical and dental offices and clinics, and studios of writers, designers, artists and others engaged in the arts;
(2) Professional, business and vocational schools, provided that no heavy machinery, welding equipment or internal combustion engine shall be used in conjunction therewith;
(3) Catering businesses employing not more than 20 persons on the premises;
(4) Churches and other places of worship, which may include the serving of food for charitable or fellowship purposes, and as an accessory use, emergency housing, subject to the provisions of Section 30-698;
(5) Communications centers and telephone repeater stations operated by public service corporations;
(6) Contractors' shops, offices and display rooms;
(7) Furniture repair and upholstery shops;
(8) Janitorial and custodial service and supply establishments;
(9) Libraries, museums, schools, parks and recreational facilities owned or operated by any governmental agency, and similar uses required for the performance of a governmental function and intended to serve residents of adjoining neighborhoods;
(10) Lodges and similar meeting places;
(11) Parking areas serving uses permitted in this district, provided that any card reader or other access control device at an entrance to a parking area shall be provided with not less than one stacking space situated off the public right-of-way;
(12) Parking decks serving uses permitted in this district, provided that:
a. Not less than one exit lane and one entrance lane shall be provided for each 300 parking spaces or major fraction thereof contained within the structure, and any card reader or other access control device at an entrance to a parking deck shall be provided with not less than one stacking space situated off the public right-of-way;
b. Parking spaces contained therein shall be screened from view from abutting streets by structural material of not less than 45 percent opacity;
(13) Printing, publishing and engraving establishments employing not more than 20 persons on the premises;
(14) Radio and television broadcasting studios and offices, including accessory antennas, provided that the supporting hardware for any such antenna does not exceed 18 feet above ground level, or in the case of a building mounted antenna, 18 feet above the surface of the building on which it is mounted;
(15) Rights-of-way, easements and appurtenances necessary for the provision and maintenance of public utilities and public transportation, including streets, rail lines, power lines, cables, poles, pipes, meters, transformers and similar devices, but not including railroad yards, freight or passenger depots, loading platforms, generating plants, transformer stations, electric substations, wastewater treatment plants, water treatment plants, utility storage yards and similar uses;
(16) Wholesale, warehouse and distribution establishments in conjunction with office, showroom, display and other facilities generally accessible to the public, provided that:
a. Not more than 20,000 square feet of floor area shall be devoted to warehouse and storage use;
b. Portions of buildings adjacent to public street frontages along which front yards are required shall be devoted to office, showroom, display and other facilities generally accessible to the public;
(17) Incidental retail sales, repair, fabrication and processing activities shall be permitted within the same building as, and in conjunction with office, studio, wholesale, warehouse, distribution, supply and contractors' establishments permitted in this district when such retail sales, repair, fabrication and processing activities are clearly accessory and subordinate to the principal activity conducted on the premises;
(17.1) Short-term rental, subject to the requirements of Article VI, Division 14 of this chapter.
(18) Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental and clearly subordinate to uses permitted in this district, including automated teller machines accessible only from the interior of buildings devoted to permitted principal uses.
(Code 1993, § 32-450.1; Code 2004, § 114-450.1; Code 2015, § 30-450.1; Code 2020, § 30-450.1; Ord. No. 2004-180-167, § 1, 6-28-2004; Ord. No. 2006-43-63, § 1, 3-13-2006; Ord. No. 2019-343, § 1(30-450.1), 6-22-2020; Ord. No. 2020-261, § 1, 3-8-2021; Ord. No. 2024-314, § 2(30-450.1), 12-9-2024)