Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 4.3.3
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Grading
- Maximum bench flow length800 ft
The flow length within a reverse slope bench shall not exceed 800 feet.
- Maximum cutGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume./fillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. slope
Cut and fill slopes shall not be steeper than a 2:1 (50 percent) slope. If mowed, no steeper than 3:1 (33 percent).
- Maximum retaining wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.10 ft
Maximum height for a single retaining wall, measured from grade to grade, shall be ten feet.
- Reverse slope bench width6 ft
Reverse slope benches shall be at least six feet wide.
- Stepped wall separation3 ft
A minimum horizontal distance of three feet shall be maintained between each individual wall in a stepped wall system.
- Toe of fillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. slope setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from cutGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. slope10 ft
The toe of any fill slope shall not be located within ten feet horizontally of the top of an existing or proposed cut slope.
From the ordinance
The following design standards apply to any land disturbing activity ... Retaining walls shall meet or exceed the following minimum standards: ... maximum height for a single retaining wall ... ten feet ... Cut and fill slopes shall not be steeper than a 2:1 (50 percent) slope.