Culpeper County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 2-2.A

Extracted standards

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

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  • Distances measured horizontally

    All distances are measured along a horizontal plane from the appropriate property line, edge of building, structure, storage area, parking area, or other object.

  • Measurements are shortest distances

    When measuring a required distance, such as the minimum distance between a structure and a lot line, the measurement is made at the shortest distance between the two (2) objects.

  • Fraction rounding for maximum limits

    When a regulation is expressed in terms of maximum limits, any fractional result shall be rounded down to the next lower whole number.

  • Fraction rounding for minimum requirements

    When a regulation is expressed in terms of a minimum requirement, any fractional result shall be rounded up to the next consecutive whole number.

  • Deck height is determined by measuring from the finished ground level to the top of the floor of the deck if there is no rail or if the rail walls are more than fifty percent (50%) open, and from the ground to the top of the rails for all other situations.

  • The height of non-building structures, such as flag poles, commercial wireless telecommunication towers and fences, is the vertical distance from the finished ground level immediately under the structure to the top of a structure, excluding any exempt portions.

  • Retaining walls and fences are measured from the higher finished ground level side of the retaining wall or fence.

  • Measurements involving a structure

    Measurements involving a structure are made to the closest wall of the structure. Items such as enclosed porches and entrances, are included in the measurement.

From the ordinance

When a regulation is expressed in terms of a minimum requirement, any fractional result shall be rounded up to the next consecutive whole number.
Sec. 2-2.A