Article 7.1B
Dimensional standards
Uses
Conditional / special use15
Prohibited2
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Noise limit
All noise shall be muffled so as not to be objectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency or shrillness. In no case shall the sound-pressure level of noise radiated from any establishment, measured at the nearest lot line, exceed the values in any octave band of frequency set forth in Table I below or in Table I as modified in the correction factors provided in Table II below.
Other
- Compliance documentation
If requested by the Zoning Administrator, the owner of property subject to these standards shall provide documentation of compliance with any or all of these standards.
- Dust and emissions limit
There shall not be discharged into the atmosphere from any operation any dust or emissions in violation of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Standard For Dust And Emissions, Rule 4-1.
- Electrical interference limit
There shall be no electrical disturbance emanating from any lot that would adversely affect the operation of any equipment on any other lot or premises or violate any regulation imposed by the Federal Communications Commission.
- Glare and heat limit
No direct or sky-reflected glare, whether from floodlights or from high-temperature processes, such as combustion, welding or otherwise, so as to be visible beyond the lot line, shall be permitted except for signs, parking lot lighting and other lighting permitted by this Article or required by any other applicable regulation, ordinance or law.
- Odor limit
There shall not be discharged or permitted to escape into the atmosphere from any operation on any lot odorous or noxious gas or any other odorous or noxious material in such quantity as to be offensive beyond the premises from which such odors emanate.
- Radioactivity limit
There shall be no radioactive emission that would be dangerous to the health and safety of persons on or beyond the premises where such radioactive material is used.
- Rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. rule
The rear yard shall be equal to the height of the principal structure measured from the nearest rear grade level. There shall be a minimum rear yard of thirty-five (35) feet where the lot abuts an A, R, or RA District.
- Side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. when abutting A, R, or RA districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.25 ft
Where the side property line of a lot abuts an A, R, or RA District, there shall be a minimum side yard of twenty-five (25) feet.
- Vibration limit
No vibration that can be detected at the lot line without the aid of instruments shall be permitted, except that vibration resulting from blasting shall be regulated by the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy and/or any other applicable state or federal agency.
- Waste disposal
There shall be no discharge of any liquid or solid wastes from any establishment into any stream except as authorized by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and/or the Board of Supervisors, nor shall any wastes, debris or other discarded material be permitted to accumulate in any yard or open space on the premises.
From the ordinance
The primary purpose of this district is to establish an area where the principal use of land is for heavy commercial and industrial operations, which may create some nuisance, and which are not properly associated with, nor compatible with, residential, institutional and neighborhood commercial service establishments.