Section 36.404

Other

• Battery storage dwelling setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.500 ft

  The minimum setback for any battery storage units shall be 500 feet from any existing dwelling.

• Large-scale solar dwelling setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.150 ft

  Facilities shall setback a minimum of 150 feet from any existing dwellings.

• Large-scale solar maximum area50 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.

  The maximum area of a large-scale solar energy facility or PPA solar energy facility shall be less than 50 contiguous acres.

• Maximum solar building heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.15 ft

  The maximum height of principal buildings and accessory buildings shall be 15 feet as measured from the finished grade

• Maximum site gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume.50 pct

  no site shall be graded more than 50 percent of the site surface area.

• Maximum solar noise at dwelling50 dBA

  or 50 dBA as measured at the nearest neighboring inhabitable building.

• Maximum solar noise at property line65 dBA

  a utility-scale solar energy facility shall not produce a noise level that exceeds 65 dBA as measured at the property line

• Maximum solar panel heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.10 ft

  The maximum height of the lowest edge of the photovoltaic panels shall be 10 feet as measured from the finished grade.

• Maximum slope for solar panels10 pct

  PV solar panels and any associated equipment shall not be located on slopes 10 percent or greater

• Solar security fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft

  The facilities shall be enclosed by security fencing a minimum of eight (8) feet in height

• Utility-scale solar buffer width100 ft

  a buffer zone at least 100 feet wide that shall be landscaped with a minimum of two staggered rows of eight (8)-foot tall evergreen trees

• Utility-scale solar maximum area500 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.

  the maximum area shall be less than 500 acres

• Utility-scale solar minimum area2 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.

  The minimum area of a utility-scale solar energy facility shall be two (2) acres

• Utility-scale solar property line setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.150 ft

  The minimum setback for utility-scale solar facilities to property lines shall be 150 feet.

• Utility-scale solar Rappahannock River setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.1 miles

  Utility-scale solar facilities shall be located a minimum of 1 mile outside the banks of the Rappahannock River.

• Utility-scale solar town boundary setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.3 miles

  Utility-scale solar energy facility shall be located at least three miles from a town boundary.