Section 19.2-26
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Entire County designated as RMA; RPA areas as defined by water bodies and wetlands
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Land disturbance threshold requiring water quality impact assessment2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
A minor water quality impact assessment is required for development or redevelopment which involves 2,500 square feet or less of land disturbance... A major Water Quality Impact Assessment shall be required for a development that exceeds 2,500 square feet of land disturbance.
- Minimize imperviousImpervious coverageThe share of a lot covered by anything water cannot soak through — roofs, drives, patios. cover
Land development shall minimize impervious cover consistent with the use or development allowed.
- No more land disturbed than necessary
No more land shall be disturbed than is necessary to provide for the proposed use or development.
- Plan of development review required for >2500 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. disturbance
All development exceeding 2,500 square feet of land disturbance shall be accomplished through a plan of development review process consistent with Section 15.2-2286 A 8 of the Code of Virginia and subdivision 1 e of 9 VAC 25-830-240.
- Preserve indigenous vegetation
Indigenous vegetation shall be preserved to the maximum extent practicable consistent with the use or development allowed. Mature trees shall be protected during development and only removed where necessary.
- RPA buffer width100 ft
A vegetated RPA buffer area a minimum of 100 feet in width, located adjacent to and landward of the environmental features listed in Subsections a. through c. above, and along both sides of any water body with perennial flow.
Setback
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from nontidal wetlands not in RPA (except Upper Swift Creek)25 ft
all new construction and substantial improvements of residential dwellings shall have a minimum setback of at least 25 feet horizontal distance from the outer most boundaries of nontidal wetlands not located within resource protection areas.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from nontidal wetlands in Upper Swift Creek Watershed35 ft
In the Upper Swift Creek Watershed, all new construction and substantial improvements of residential dwellings shall have a minimum setback of at least 35 feet horizontal distance from the outer most boundaries of the nontidal wetlands not located within resource protection areas.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from RPA for residential dwellings (except Upper Swift Creek)25 ft
all new construction and substantial improvements of residential dwellings shall have minimum setbacks from an RPA which encroaches within a lot or parcel that is the lesser of the applicable yard setback requirement of the underlying zoning district or 25 feet.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from RPA for residential dwellings in Upper Swift Creek Watershed35 ft
In the Upper Swift Creek Watershed, all new construction and substantial improvements of residential dwellings shall have a minimum setback from the RPA of 35 feet.
From the ordinance
The entire County is designated as an RMA. Resource protection areas consist of lands adjacent to water bodies with perennial flow... a vegetated RPA buffer area a minimum of 100 feet in width.