814 Overbrook Rd, Richmond, VA 23222

Urban Business District

Pursuant to the general purposes of this chapter, the intent of the UB-2 Urban Business District is to encourage business areas with mixed uses and a densely developed pedestrian-oriented urban shopping character, compatible with adjacent residential neighborhoods, and with minimal disruption from vehicle-oriented land uses and features that would detract from a safe, convenient and economically viable pedestrian environment. The district is intended to be more intensive and more mixed use in character than the UB Urban Business District. It is intended to promote continuity of storefront character along principal street frontages, with minimum interruption by driveways and vehicle traffic across public sidewalk areas, and to promote continuity of building setbacks and heights and to encourage an active pedestrian environment by providing for windows in building façades along principal street frontages. The regulations within the district are intended to preserve the predominant scale and character of existing urban shopping areas, promote retention of existing structures and encourage that new development be compatible with such existing areas and structures.