Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 5.1.55

Dimensional standards

Extracted standards

15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Environmental

  • Mosquito control plan required

    The certified engineer's report required by section 4.15 shall include a mosquito control plan satisfying the requirements of that section.

Other

  • Caretaker or surveillance required

    Twenty-four-hour on-site caretaker(s) trained by the local fire district to provide security and first-line firefighting shall be provided or, in the alternative, a 24-hour surveillance and alarm system approved by the fire official may be used if the tire recycling yard is served by a continuously manned fire station.

  • Containment berms required

    Each tire storage pile shall be surrounded by containment berms as required by the fire official.

  • Fire access lanes required

    The site shall have paved or hard-surfaced fire access lanes and cleared areas around the exterior of the storage area and in between individual tire storage piles. The fire access lanes and cleared areas shall be established and maintained to the standards required by the fire official.

  • Firefighting apparatus required

    Appropriate firefighting apparatus, water supply, and foam suppressant shall be available on the site, and they shall be of a type and in quantities required by the fire official.

  • Maximum tire pile dimensions100 ft

    No storage pile shall be more than 100 feet in width or depth nor taller than 12 feet unless a larger or taller storage pile is permitted by the fire official.

  • No storage pile shall be more than 100 feet in width or depth nor taller than 12 feet unless a larger or taller storage pile is permitted by the fire official.

  • Maximum number of tire storage piles4 piles

    The site may have up to four tire storage piles in which unchipped or unshredded tires may be stored.

  • Non-pile tires must be chipped or shredded

    Tires that are not stored in a storage pile shall be chipped or shredded before they may be stored onsite.

  • Screening no encroach into sight distance triangle

    No wall or fence screening a storage area shall encroach into a sight distance triangle.

  • Storage areas shall be screened by a solid wall or fence, including solid entrance and exit gates, not less than seven feet nor more than 12 feet in height.

  • Storage areas shall be screened by a solid wall or fence, including solid entrance and exit gates, not less than seven feet nor more than 12 feet in height.

  • Tires stored in a storage area shall not be stacked higher than the screening wall or fence.

  • Tires laced requirement

    Tires stored in a storage pile shall be laced.

Setback

From the ordinance

Tire storage piles are permitted as follows: The site may have up to four tire storage piles in which unchipped or unshredded tires may be stored.
Sec. 5.1.55