Frederick County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
§ 165-203.04
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All new outdoor lighting installations and replacement or modification of existing outdoor lighting installations in Frederick County
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Full shielding required
All outdoor lighting shall be designed and installed so that the light source is fully shielded, except as otherwise provided in this section.
- Maximum fixture heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in nonresidential districts30 ft
The maximum height of a light fixture shall be 20 feet in residential districts and 30 feet in nonresidential districts, measured from the ground to the top of the fixture.
- Maximum fixture heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in residential districts20 ft
The maximum height of a light fixture shall be 20 feet in residential districts and 30 feet in nonresidential districts, measured from the ground to the top of the fixture.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. lighting types
Searchlights, laser lights, flashing/blinking/moving lights, upward/outward directed lights, and non-shielded lights (except decorative ≤10 watts) are prohibited.
From the ordinance
All outdoor lighting shall be designed and installed so that the light source is fully shielded. The maximum height of a light fixture shall be 20 feet in residential districts and 30 feet in nonresidential districts.