Article 30
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- EC streets
- Applies within
- 1,500 ft
- Geographic extent
- Applies to parcels contiguous to rights-of-way of designated EC streets (U.S. Route 211, Virginia State Route 229, U.S. Route 522, U.S. Route 15, U.S. Route 29, U.S. Route 15-29, U.S. Route 15-29 Business, Virginia State Route 3, Secondary Route 615, Secondary Route 614, Secondary Route 666, Virginia Route 299), to full depth or 500 feet from rights-of-way, whichever greater, but not exceeding 1,500 feet.
Uses
Conditional / special use1
- outdoor storage, display and/or sales (visible from EC street)
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Preservation of existing trees and natural features
Existing trees, wooded areas and natural features shall be preserved except as necessary for location of improvements as described in Section 20-6 provided that the Architectural Review Board may authorize additional activity upon finding that such activity will equally or better serve the purposes of this ordinance.
Other
- Certificate of appropriateness required
No building permit shall be issued for any purpose unless and until a certificate of appropriateness has been issued in accord with Section 30-8 or Section 30-9 for improvements subject to such building permit.
- Compliance with adopted design guidelines
The certificate shall certify that the proposed development as may be modified by the conditions of issuance is consistent with the design guidelines adopted by the Board of Supervisors for the specific EC street.
- Exemptions from certificate of appropriateness
No certificate of appropriateness shall be required for interior alterations, ramps for disabled, repair and maintenance, main and accessory residential/forestal/agricultural buildings without site plan, general maintenance, and additions without substantial change.
- No gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. within drip line of trees
No grading or other earth disturbing activity (including trenching or tunneling), except as necessary for the construction of tree wells or tree walls, shall occur within the drip line of any trees or wooded areas nor intrude upon any other existing features designated in the certificate of appropriateness for preservation.
- Screen planting requirements
Regulations of Section 20-6-7, Screen Planting, shall apply within any EC overlay district except that the architectural review board may require specific landscaping measures in issuance of a certificate of appropriateness.
Signage
- Sign regulations
Signage shall be governed in part by the provisions of Article 11, particularly, as they pertain to allowable total square footage. Signage in EC overlay districts shall be subject to the provisions of Section 30-4-1 of this Article.
From the ordinance
Entrance corridor overlay district (EC) created to conserve scenic beauty and preserve corridors along designated streets. Area and bulk regulations as underlying district, with additional design review and preservation requirements.