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Culpeper County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Article 7.1A

Light IndustrialAll Culpeper County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETFront 50 ftRear 20 ftSide 10 ftStreet side 40 ftMIN LOT AREA21,780 sq ftMAX HEIGHT45 ftMAX LOT COVERAGE50%MAX FAR0.5MIN OPEN SPACE20%
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
21,780 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
50 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
20 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
10 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
40 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
45 ft
Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
0.5
Maximum lot coverageLot coverageThe share of a lot that buildings may cover, as a percentage.
50%
Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
20%

Housing

Single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours.
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Two-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Three-family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Four-plus family
prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

Uses

Permitted by right19

Conditional / special use11

Accessory5

Prohibited1

Extracted standards

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

Height

Other

  • Data processing use restriction

    Data processing and computing, secure messaging services and customer support only if located within the designated Technology Zone per Chapter 12, Article XVI (Technology Zones) of the County Code.

  • Environmental impact assessment

    Environmental assessment of significant impacts may be required.

  • Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. use restriction

    No truck storage, parking, loading or stacking areas are allowed in the front yard.

  • Fuel storage regulations

    Fuels, explosives or flammable liquids shall be stored only in accordance with DPA/SPPC regulations.

  • Hazardous uses prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.

    The use of land or structure that may be hazardous, noxious, injurious by reason of production or emission of dust, smoke, refuse, odor, fumes, noise, glare, vibration or similar components is prohibited.

  • Noise, glare, vibration limit

    Noise, glare or vibration that is discernable beyond the property line is prohibited. Lighting shall be diffused and hooded or screened so as to not spread to adjacent properties or roadways.

  • Waste discharge prohibition

    No unneutralized refuse shall be discharged into sewers, ditches, streams or on the land.

Setback

From the ordinance

Minimum lot area shall be one-half (0.5) acre.
Article 7.1A