Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 30.5
Scenic StreamsAll Albemarle County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Moormans River
- Geographic extent
- Moormans River from the bottom of the Charlottesville Water Supply Dam at Sugar Hollow to the confluence of the Moormans River with the Mechum River
Uses
Permitted by right2
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Immediate environs distance from stream15 ft
the term 'immediate environs' shall include the bed of any such stream and the land on either side thereof to a distance of 15 feet from the edge of such at mean annual flow level
- Maximum canopy reduction25 pct
Any such forested area shall be deemed to have been excessively cut if, as a result of any cutting operation or series or combination of operations, the area of the canopy of such forested area shall be reduced by more than 25 percent
- Minimum building setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from stream edge65 ft
no buildings or structures other than necessary accessory appurtenant fences and/or walls shall be constructed within 65 feet of the edge of any designated stream at mean annual flow level
From the ordinance
SS overlay districts may be applied over any basic zoning district or other overlay district. ... no buildings or structures other than necessary accessory appurtenant fences and/or walls shall be constructed within 65 feet of the edge of any designated stream