Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 25-484(c)
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Buffer evergreen trees6 ft heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
evergreen trees of not less than six (6) feet in height when planted shall be planted in two (2) parallel rows with the trees planted in a staggered fashion ten (10) feet apart and individual trees planted no farther than ten (10) feet apart.
- Buffer fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.5 ft
Solid, opaque fencing of five (5) to six (6) feet in height may be permitted in combination with dense evergreen planting to provide the equivalent result.
From the ordinance
For any development of a lot for a business or an industrial use, buffering and/or screening shall be required on such lot adjacent and parallel to the entire lot line or public right-of-way so as to separate all uses, structures and activities on the lot from contiguous lots or roadways. Such buffering and/or screening shall be in accord with the following requirements: 1. On a lot with business or industrial uses that abut a residentially zoned lot or a lot with a residential use, the following requirements shall apply. Along the property line that separates the lot from the residential use or district, evergreen trees of not less than six (6) feet in height when planted shall be planted in two (2) parallel rows with the trees planted in a staggered fashion ten (10) feet apart and individual trees planted no farther than ten (10) feet apart. Solid, opaque fencing of five (5) to six (6) feet in height may be permitted in combination with dense evergreen planting to provide the equivalent result. When fencing is used in combination with evergreen screening such screening shall match related materials used elsewhere on the site such as building facades and/or other structures and shall require the approval of the zoning administrator, who shall be guided by section 25-2 of this chapter in order to achieve the purposes of this division and to create an attractive, harmonious community.