Richmond, Va., City Code § 30-448.1 Permitted principal and accessory uses.
Sec. 30-448.1. - Permitted principal and accessory uses.
The following uses of building and premises shall be permitted in the CM 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) Retail stores and shops;
(1.1) Specialty food and beverage stores, including bakeries where products are sold principally at retail on the premises, provided that the floor area devoted to any such use shall not exceed 5,000 square feet;
(2) Restaurants, tearooms, cafes, delicatessens, ice cream parlors and similar food and beverage service establishments, including catering businesses and entertainment in conjunction therewith, and including areas outside completely enclosed buildings and intended for service to or consumption of food and beverages by patrons;
(3) Entertainment, cultural and recreational uses, including theatres, art galleries, museums, bowling alleys, amusement centers and other commercial recreation facilities located within completely enclosed buildings;
(4) Personal service businesses that provide services directly to persons or services for personal items, including barber shops, beauty salons, health spas, fitness centers, dance studios, photography studios, travel agencies, shoe repair shops, tailor and garment alteration and repair shops, clothing rental stores, watch and jewelry repair shops and similar establishments, provided that not more than five persons are employed on the premises in the conduct of any repair or fabrication activity;
(4.1) Dry cleaning and laundering establishments employing not more than five persons on the premises;
(5) Shops for the repair of household items, locks, bicycles and similar items, provided that not more than five persons are employed on the premises, and provided further than no gasoline engines shall be repaired or serviced;
(6) Banks, savings and loan offices and similar financial services, including accessory automated teller machines accessible only from the interior of buildings devoted to such uses;
(7) Hotels and motels;
(8) Parking areas and parking lots, provided that any card reader or other access control device at an entrance to a parking area or parking lot shall be provided with not less than one stacking space situated off the public right-of-way;
(9) Parking decks and parking garages, 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 or parking garage 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;
(10) 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;
(11) Public assembly buildings, auditoriums, convention facilities, meeting rooms and exhibition spaces;
(12) Public schools and private business, professional and vocational schools not involving the use of heavy machinery, welding equipment or internal combustion engines;
(13) 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;
(14) Wireless communications facilities, microwave relay facilities, and radio broadcast antennas, on alternative support structures, in accordance with the additional requirements of Sections 30-692.1 through 30-692.6;
(14.1) Short-term rental, subject to the requirements of Article VI, Division 14 of this chapter;
(15) Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental and clearly subordinate to uses permitted in this district, including automated teller machines accessible from the interior of buildings devoted to permitted principal uses.
(Code 1993, § 32-448.1; Code 2004, § 114-448.1; Code 2015, § 30-448.1; Code 2020, § 30-448.; Ord. No. 2004-180-167, § 1, 6-28-2004; Ord. No. 2006-43-63, § 1, 3-13-2006; Ord. No. 2019-343, § 1(30-448.1), 6-22-2020; Ord. No. 2024-314, § 2(30-448.1), 12-9-2024)