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Zoning
Of the various zoning classifications existing in the County, the following table
and descriptions indicate the eight classifications that are currently being utilized
in Courthouse Village. This information was extracted from the January 2006
report, “Recommendations for Appropriate Growth and Development in
Goochland County”, submitted by the Community Development Office.
Table 11: Courthouse Village Zoning
A2 Limited Agricultural District
Zoning
Classification
Use Designation
RO
Residential, Office
R1
Residential, Limited
R3
Residential, General
Residential, Mobile Home
RMH Park
B1
Business, General
B2
Business, Limited
A2
Agricultural, Limited
M2
Industrial, General
Source: Goochland, 2003
(a.) The district is intended to encourage the continuation of limited low-density residential rural
use of non-prime agricultural lands and provide a buffer between agricultural lands and
urbanizing and developing areas.
(b.) The district is also intended to encourage the continuation of forestal and agricultural uses as
and until urbanization and residential development occur.
(c.) This district includes portions of the County into which low density residential development
could reasonably be expected to develop in the rural areas of the County outside of villages,
designated growth centers and outline of the Tuckahoe Creek Service District.
(d.) Qualified for inclusion in this district are various open lands such as farms, fields, forests,
lakes and ponds, and floodplains.
B1 General Business District:
Generally, this district covers that portion of the community intended for the conduct of general
business to which the public requires direct and frequent access. This district is not characterized
either by constant heavy trucking other than stocking and delivery of light retail goods, or by any
nuisance factors other than occasioned by incidental light and noise of congregation of people
and passenger vehicles. This district includes such uses as retail stores, banks, theaters,
business offices, newspaper offices, printing presses, restaurants, public garages and service
stations.
In addition, the manufacture, compounding, processing, or treatment of products is prohibited in
this district unless it is clearly incidental and essential to a use permitted by right and unless such
products are customarily sold at retail on the premises. In addition, this district is designed to
exclude manufacturing, compounding, processing, or treatment of products and operations which
are objectionable because of odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration, or other similar nuisances.
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