Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 4%
Uses
Conditional / special use3
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Abandonment period24 months
Any antenna, telecommunications tower, or telecommunications facility that is not operated for a continuous period of 24 months shall be considered abandoned.
- Minimum landscaped buffer width4 ft
The standard buffer shall consist of a landscaped strip at least four feet wide outside the perimeter of the compound.
- Minimum security fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Telecommunications facilities, that include buildings or added structures, shall be enclosed by security fencing not less than six feet in height and shall also be equipped with an appropriate anticlimbing device.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from off-site structures used for human habitation110 pct_of_tower_height
A telecommunications facility must be set back a distance equal to 110% of the height of the telecommunications tower from any off-site structures used for human habitation.
- Structural integrity report by registered professional engineer
Prior to the use or extension of a telecommunications tower, the owner shall have obtained approval of the structural integrity by a registered professional engineer licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
From the ordinance
A telecommunications facility must be set back a distance equal to 110% of the height of the telecommunications tower from any off-site structures used for human habitation. Security fencing not less than six feet in height. Landscaped strip at least four feet wide.