Sec. 30.4
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16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Blasting hours
Blasting operations shall be restricted to Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
- Fence distance from excavation limits60 ft
fencing shall be provided ... by a substantial fence erected at least 60 feet outside the limits thereof
- Fence required for open excavations
The top of all open excavations having a depth of ten feet or more, which will create a slope of 45 degrees or more from the horizontal and which shall remain for a period of more than 24 hours
- Fence required for water collection
Any collection of water of five feet or more in depth and occupying an area of 200 square feet or more, which shall remain for at least one consecutive month.
- Internal road surfacing distance from public road300 ft
All internal access roads shall be surfaced with bituminous or other dust free surface for a distance of 300 feet from any public road.
- Maximum air overpressure133 dB
Air overpressure resulting from surface blasting shall not exceed 133 decibels
- Maximum ground vibration
Ground vibration from surface blasting shall not exceed the limits set forth in 4VAC25-40-880
- Minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. area20 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The minimum area for the establishment of any NR overlay district shall be 20 acres.
- Minimum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.5 ft
such fence being at least five feet in height
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from occupied dwelling200 ft
nor within 200 feet of any occupied dwelling
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public road right-of-way100 ft
no natural resource extraction operation ... shall be located less than 100 feet from any public road right-of-way
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from adjoining property in residential districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.100 ft
or adjoining property within any residential district
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from contiguous residential lots of one acreacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones. or less200 ft
nor within 200 feet of any contiguous property subdivided into residential lots of one acre or less
- Hours of operation for power equipment
Operations involving power equipment of an industrial type shall be limited to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to midnight
- Roadside landscaping required
Existing trees and ground cover along public road frontage shall be preserved, maintained and supplemented by selective cutting, transplanting and addition of new trees, shrubs and other ground cover for the depth of any roadside setback.
Parking
- Employee parking required
Off-street parking areas adequate for all employees' vehicles and used in any extractive operation shall be provided.
From the ordinance
The minimum area for the establishment of any NR overlay district shall be 20 acres. All operations ... shall not occupy more than 80 percent of the total site.