Sec. 22-230 through 22-230.7
Dimensional standards
Lot
Height & bulk
Housing
Servicing
- Applies near
- limited access highway interchange
- Applies within
- 7,920 ft
- Geographic extent
- Located within 1.5 miles of an interchange of a limited access highway, and served by dual railroad access.
Uses
Permitted by right3
- Agriculture
- Forestry
- Public utility booster or relay stations, transformer substations, transmission lines and towers, pipes, meters and other facilities
Conditional / special use7
- Manufacturing or assembly of electrical appliances, instruments and devices, communication equipment, professional scientific and control instrumentation and photographic and optical goods
- Melting, reprocessing, rolling, drawing, extruding, casting, and forging of ferrous and nonferrous metals and plastics
- Commercial and service facilities solely oriented to the needs of industries
- Underground facilities for pipelines, electrical power and energy, distribution lines, telephone and telegraph
- Dwellings for resident watchmen and caretakers employed on the premises
- Telecommunications tower
- Public utility generating facility
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Air processing tower max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. 165 ft165 ft
The air processing tower may be constructed to a height of 165 feet.
- Melt shop max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. 150 ft150 ft
The melt shop may be constructed to a height of 150 feet.
Lighting
- Parking/loading lights shielded near residential/agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. districts
Parking lot or loading area lights, if located near screening strips adjacent to residential or agricultural districts shall be shielded to direct lights away from adjacent areas.
Other
- 50 ft buffer along both sides of all interior property lines50 ft
A 50-foot buffer shall be provided along both sides of all interior property lines.
- Minimum districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2. size 500 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.500 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The minimum district size shall be 500 acres.
- Landscaped buffer at least 100 ft along perimeter100 ft
A landscaped buffer at least 100 feet in depth shall be provided along the perimeter of the district.
- Served by public water and sewer
Any development within this district shall be served by public water and sewer or by such other means as acceptable to the Dinwiddie County Water Authority and/or the Virginia Department of Health.
- All utility lines underground
All utility lines such as electric, gas, telephone, CATV, or other similar lines shall be installed underground except in those situations in which the planning department determines such a requirement is not feasible or practical.
From the ordinance
Purpose, permitted uses, general standards, development standards, landscaping and buffering, height, area and yard requirements for PMD district.