Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 25-487

Extracted standards

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

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  • Minimum tree canopy for commercial/industrial10 pct

    Ten (10) percent tree canopy for sites zoned for, or to be used for commercial or industrial uses.

  • Minimum tree canopy for residential15 pct

    Fifteen (15) percent tree canopy for sites zoned for, or to be used for residential uses.

  • Tree canopy for subdivisions with existing >=20%20 pct

    If the site has a tree canopy coverage of twenty (20) percent or more prior to submission of the rezoning application or subdivision plan, the landscape plan shall provide for the preservation or planting and replacement of trees on the site so as to result in a tree canopy of at least twenty (20) percent at ten (10) years maturity.

  • Tree canopy for subdivisions with existing <20%

    If the site has a tree canopy coverage of less than twenty (20) percent prior to submission of the rezoning application or subdivision plan, the landscape plan shall provide for the preservation or planting and replacement of trees on the site so as to result in a tree canopy coverage as existed prior to development, at ten (10) years maturity.

From the ordinance

Ten (10) percent tree canopy for sites zoned for, or to be used for commercial or industrial uses. Fifteen (15) percent tree canopy for sites zoned for, or to be used for residential uses.
Sec. 25-487