Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 5.1.11 - Commercial kennel, veterinary service, office or hospital, animal hospital, animal shelter
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- External solid fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
an external solid fence not less than six feet in height shall be located within 50 feet of the animal confinement
Noise
- Maximum sound level at property line55 dB
sound measured at the nearest agricultural or residential property line shall not exceed 55 decibels
Other
- Animal confinement hours
animals shall be confined in an enclosed building from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for non-soundproofed animal confinement500 ft
no structure or area occupied by animals shall be closer than 500 feet to any agricultural or residential lot line
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for soundproofed confinement200 ft
For soundproofed confinements, no such structure shall be located closer than 200 feet to any agricultural or residential lot line.
From the ordinance
Except where animals are confined in soundproofed, air-conditioned buildings, no structure or area occupied by animals shall be closer than 500 feet to any agricultural or residential lot line.