Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 5.1.42
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right1
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Outdoor amplified sound prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
An outdoor amplified sound system shall be prohibited at all times.
Other
- Festivals require special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
Festivals are authorized by special use permit only.
- Hours of operation
The normal hours that the historical center is open to the public shall be limited to daylight hours only, dawn until dusk.
- Maximum accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. floor area percentage10 pct
Not more than ten percent of the total floor area of a historical center structure may be devoted to uses other than the educational and interpretive activities.
- Maximum aggregate structure size1,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Newly constructed structures for historical centers shall be limited to 1,500 square feet in size, aggregate.
- Special events require special use permitConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote.
Special events are authorized by special use permit only.
From the ordinance
Newly constructed structures for historical centers shall be limited to 1,500 square feet in size, aggregate... minimum side yard and rear yard shall be 50 feet...