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Culpeper County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Article 11, Section 11-4-5.6

All Culpeper County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaSide 15 ft
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.

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

SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
15 ft

Height & bulk

Minimum landscaping
3%

Extracted standards

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

Signage

  • Freestanding sign base width40 pct

    The permanent sign base of a freestanding sign shall have an aggregate width of at least forty percent (40%) of the width of the sign cabinet or face.

  • Freestanding sign landscaping ratio3 sqft_per_sqft

    A landscaped area located around the base of the sign equal to three (3) square feet for each square foot of sign area, is required for all freestanding signs.

  • Freestanding sign residential setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.30 ft

    Freestanding signs shall not be installed within thirty (30) feet of any residential district.

  • Freestanding sign separation60 ft

    a minimum of sixty (60) linear feet shall separate each freestanding sign.

  • Freestanding sign side setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.15 ft

    and the sign structure a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from any interior side lot line.

  • Freestanding sign street setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.5 ft

    The leading edge of any freestanding sign is required to be set back a minimum of five (5) feet from the street side property line

From the ordinance

Freestanding sign. A sign that is erected or mounted on its own self-supporting permanent structure or base detached from any supporting elements of a building. (d) Where more than one (1) freestanding sign is proposed for installation on a development site with multiple frontages, a minimum of sixty (60) linear feet shall separate each freestanding sign. (e) The permanent sign base of a freestanding sign shall have an aggregate width of at least forty percent (40%) of the width of the sign cabinet or face. (f) A landscaped area located around the base of the sign equal to three (3) square feet for each square foot of sign area, is required for all freestanding signs. (h) The leading edge of any freestanding sign is required to be set back a minimum of five (5) feet from the street side property line, and the sign structure a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from any interior side lot line. Freestanding signs shall not be installed within thirty (30) feet of any residential district.
Article 11, Section 11-4-5.6