Alleghany County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 66-755
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- airport
- Applies within
- 5,280 ft
- Geographic extent
- within one mile of an airport
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Dark sky-compliant lighting
Lighting must be limited to the minimum reasonably necessary for security purposes and shall be designed to minimize off-site effects. Lighting on the site shall be dark sky-compliant.
Other
- Airport distance restriction5,280 ft
Large scale solar energy facilities may not be located within one mile of an airport unless the applicant submits written certification from the FAA that the location poses no hazard.
- Pollinator-friendly native planting
The project area must be seeded with appropriate pollinator-friendly native plants, shrubs, trees, grasses, forbs, and wildflowers.
From the ordinance
Ground-mounted solar energy generation facilities may not exceed a height of 20 feet... Lighting must be limited to the minimum reasonably necessary... Large scale solar energy facilities may not be located within one mile of an airport...