Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 25-505

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

  • Sports field lighting extinguished after event

    Outdoor lighting of sports fields and facilities shall be extinguished after the completion of the event.

  • Waiver or modification allowed

    The board of supervisors may modify or waive one or more of the standards set forth in section 25-504 in a particular case, and may impose conditions on such a modification or waiver which it deems appropriate to further the purposes of these outdoor lighting regulations, in the following circumstances: (1) Upon finding that strict application of the standard would not forward the purposes of this chapter or otherwise serve the public interest, or that alternatives proposed by the owner would satisfy the purposes of these outdoor lighting regulations at least to an equivalent degree. (2) Upon finding that an outdoor luminaire, or system of outdoor luminaries, required for a publicly owned baseball, softball, football or soccer field cannot reasonably comply with the standard and provide sufficient illumination of the field for its safe use, as determined by recommended practices adopted by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) for that type of field and activity or other evidence if a recommended practice is not applicable.

Other

  • Maximum notice for waiver request90 days

    the applicant for the modification or waiver shall provide written notice no less than fourteen (14) days and no greater than ninety (90) days to the owner, owner's agent or occupant of each abutting lot or parcel and each parcel immediately across the street or road from the lot or parcel which is the subject of the request.

  • Minimum notice for waiver request14 days

    the applicant for the modification or waiver shall provide written notice no less than fourteen (14) days and no greater than ninety (90) days to the owner, owner's agent or occupant of each abutting lot or parcel and each parcel immediately across the street or road from the lot or parcel which is the subject of the request.

From the ordinance

The board of supervisors may modify or waive one or more of the standards set forth in section 25-504 in a particular case, and may impose conditions on such a modification or waiver which it deems appropriate to further the purposes of these outdoor lighting regulations, in the following circumstances: (1) Upon finding that strict application of the standard would not forward the purposes of this chapter or otherwise serve the public interest, or that alternatives proposed by the owner would satisfy the purposes of these outdoor lighting regulations at least to an equivalent degree. (2) Upon finding that an outdoor luminaire, or system of outdoor luminaries, required for a publicly owned baseball, softball, football or soccer field cannot reasonably comply with the standard and provide sufficient illumination of the field for its safe use, as determined by recommended practices adopted by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) for that type of field and activity or other evidence if a recommended practice is not applicable. Outdoor lighting of sports fields and facilities shall be extinguished after the completion of the event. Prior to the board of supervisors considering a request for modification or waiver, the applicant for the modification or waiver shall provide written notice no less than fourteen (14) days and no greater than ninety (90) days to the owner, owner's agent or occupant of each abutting lot or parcel and each parcel immediately across the street or road from the lot or parcel which is the subject of the request. The written notice shall identify the nature of the request and the date and time the board will consider the request.
Sec. 25-505