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Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 5.1.46

All Albemarle County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA1 acMAX HEIGHT100 ft
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Height & bulk

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

Extracted standards

5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Height

Lighting

  • Outdoor lighting

    The small wind turbine shall comply with the requirements of section 4.17 regarding outdoor lighting.

Noise

  • Noise

    The small wind turbine shall comply with the requirements of section 4.18 regarding noise.

Other

  • FAA requirements

    The small wind turbine shall comply with the requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration, if applicable.

Setback

From the ordinance

The small wind turbine shall be located on a lot of not less than 1 acre. The small wind turbine shall not exceed a height of 100 feet.
Sec. 5.1.46