Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- The TOD may be designated by the City Council as an overlayOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. in whole or in part of existing zoning districts, regardless of classification.
Uses
Permitted by right7
- college or university
- vocational or trade school
- data center or small data center
- research and development
- light manufacturing
- electricity substations, transmission lines, and distribution needed to support a TOD campus development
- utility, minor
Conditional / special use1
- utility-scale solar-generating facilities or power generation battery storage facilities producing two megawatts or more of electricity which leaves the TOD site boundaries, or where the solar or battery storage facility is the principal use of a parcel within the TOD
Accessory10
- water treatment plant
- sewage treatment plant
- elevated water storage tank or tower
- small cell or roof-mounted telecommunications towers or facilities
- central heating or cooling facility
- food service facility similar to an employee cafeteria
- security building
- general storage and maintenance facility
- structured parking
- general office serving primarily the internal administration or training of employees
Extracted standards
15 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Maximum parking lot light heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.25 ft
Parking lot or structures, access, and security lighting shall not exceed a height of 25 feet.
- Maximum security gate illumination15 foot-candles
Security entrance gate lighting shall not exceed a maximum illumination of 15-foot candles.
Noise
- Maximum daytime noise60 dBA
Any noise which emanates from operation or other activity associated with any data center or research, development, or light manufacturing facility, or their accessory uses will be limited to a maximum volume in A-weighted decibels of 60 dBA during the day.
- Maximum nighttime noise55 dBA
Any noise which emanates from operation or other activity associated with any data center or research, development, or light manufacturing facility, or their accessory uses will be limited to a maximum volume in A-weighted decibels of 55 dBA night.
Other
- Barbed wire prohibition
No barbed wire fencing shall be permitted except on fences surrounding electrical substations.
- Generator emission standard
On-site generators shall be of equal or greater to the equivalent of Tier 4 or use natural gas microgrid power.
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. special exception
A special exception permit to exceed the maximum building height may be sought as provided by § 72-22.7.
- Maximum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
Fences may be up to eight feet in height in all yards.
- Minimum campus size150 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Campuses in the TOD shall encompass a minimum of 150 contiguous acres.
A minimum of 20% open space shall be maintained for each campus or contiguous group of parcels in common ownership within the TOD.
- Noise study requirement
A series of noise propagation studies shall be conducted and submitted to the City as outlined herein.
- Perimeter buffer width25 ft
A Type D buffer shall be established and maintained with a minimum width of 25 feet along the perimeter of each campus.
- Potable water cooling prohibition
No permitted or accessory use described under this TOD not otherwise permitted by right in the underlying zoning district shall be permitted to permanently utilize potable water for industrial cooling.
- Rappahannock River viewshed
Principal and accessory buildings and ancillary equipment within the TOD shall not be visible to the naked eye from the Rappahannock River frontage regardless of season.
- Reduced open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. with stormwater compliance10 pct
The on-site open space requirement may be reduced to 10% on a parcel where all stormwater best management practices are designed to a 2% storm compliance and where all volume and nutrient treatment occurs on-site without the purchase of off-site credits.
From the ordinance
The TOD shall overlay the existing zoning district and shall impose additional or modified restrictions on the use of the property.