Article 33

Other

• Buffer required for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. developments bordering freeways/arterials

  Multifamily Developments that border freeways or arterial roadways.

• Buffer required for residential subdivisions with lot size <=40,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. bordering freeways/arterials40,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Residential Subdivisions when lot sizes are forty thousand (40,000) square feet or less that border freeways or arterial roadways.

• Minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for evergreen trees at planting6 ft

  all evergreen trees shall have a minimum height of 6 feet

• Evergreen tree spacing in screening10 ft

  two rows of evergreen trees planted ten feet on center and staggered

• Exempt uses

  Agricultural and single family residential uses are exempt from the provisions and regulations contained in this Article.

• Interior landscape area as percentage of paved area5 pct

  An area equal to five percent of the paved parking and vehicular circulation area shall be landscaped with trees and shrubs.

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

  Species designated as highly or moderately invasive on the Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia list published by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation shall not be permitted.

• Minimum planting area per tree120 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  A minimum planting area of 120 square feet of contiguous pervious area shall be provided for each tree.

• Minimum planting strip width when only vegetation used20 ft

  Where only vegetation is provided, a planting strip of not less than twenty feet in width shall be provided.

• Minimum wall/fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for screening6 ft

  Where a wall or fence is provided, it shall be a minimum of six feet in height and evergreen plantings shall be required at approximately ten-foot intervals along the side of any such wall or fence facing a public street or the use for which the screening shall benefit.

• Minimum tree canopy for commercial/office/institutional/industrial10 pct

  Ten percent tree canopy for a site developed with commercial, office, institutional or industrial uses;

• Minimum tree canopy for multi-familyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. residential at >10 and <20 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.15 pct

  Fifteen percent tree canopy for a multi-family residential site developed at a gross density of more than ten but less than twenty dwelling units per acre;

• Minimum tree canopy for multi-familyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. residential at <=10 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.20 pct

  Twenty percent tree canopy for a multi-family residential development developed at a gross density of ten or fewer dwelling units per acre.

• Minimum caliper for ornamental trees at planting1 in

  ornamental trees shall have a minimum caliper of one to one and one half inches measured six inches above final grade

• Parking lot screening required for lots >=10 spaces visible from street10 spaces

  Any parking lot consisting of ten spaces or more that is located or oriented such that vehicles parked within it will be visible from a public street, shall be screened with landscaping that includes a row of shrubs between the parking lot and the street.

• Replacement requirement for destroyed preserved trees

  replace such trees by planting or preserving one large canopy tree of three-inch caliper and one medium canopy or ornamental tree a minimum of six feet in height within every 300 square feet of area in which the injured, removed or destroyed tree or trees stood.

• Minimum caliper for shade trees at planting2 in

  all shade trees shall have a minimum caliper of two to two and one half inches measured six inches above final grade

• Minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for shrubs at planting24 in

  shrubs shall have a minimum height of 24 inches

• Street tree spacing50 ft

  One large shade tree shall be required for every fifty linear feet of road frontage, or portion thereof, if twenty-five feet or more.

• One large/medium canopy tree per number of parking spaces10 spaces

  This shall include one large or medium canopy tree per ten parking spaces or portion thereof.