Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 5.1.65
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Generator exercise hours
Routine generator exercise maintenance is limited to Monday—Friday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Generator sound limit70 dBA
Generators must be enclosed in a level 3 enclosure or other enclosure limiting sound to 70 dBA measured 23 feet from the generator.
Other
- Closed loop or recycled water cooling
Any water cooling must use a closed loop or recycled water system.
- Public water and sewer required
Data centers must be served by public water and public sewer.
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from lot lines200 ft
Data center buildings and all associated equipment and accessory structures must be set back at least 200 feet from all lot lines.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from Rural Areas districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.500 ft
Data center buildings and all associated equipment and accessory structures must be set back at least 500 feet from the Rural Areas zoning district.
From the ordinance
Data centers must be served by public water and public sewer. Any water cooling must use a closed loop or recycled water system. Data center buildings and all associated equipment and accessory structures (such as generators, HVAC, and battery backup) must be set back at least (i) 200 feet from all lot lines and (ii) 500 feet from the Rural Areas zoning district. Routine generator exercise maintenance is limited to Monday—Friday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Generators must be enclosed in a level 3 enclosure or other enclosure limiting sound to 70 dBA measured 23 feet from the generator.