§ 165-203.02E
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- interstate, limited access, primary, major arterial, minor arterial or major collector roads
- Geographic extent
- All residential structures separated from interstate, limited access, primary, major arterial, minor arterial or major collector roads
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Road efficiency buffer evergreen heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.20 ft
All road efficiency buffers shall contain landscaping evergreen trees intended to reach a minimum height of 20 feet at maturity.
Other
- Road efficiency buffer inactive counts as open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
The inactive portion of the road efficiency buffer is permitted to count towards the required percentage of common open space
- Road efficiency buffer inactive portion
All road efficiency buffers shall begin at the edge of the road right-of-way, with the inactive portion abutting the road right-of-way. All required elements of the full-distance buffer or the reduced-distance buffer shall be located within the inactive portion of the road efficiency buffer.
- Road efficiency buffer required
All residential structures shall be separated from interstate, limited access, primary, major arterial, minor arterial or major collector roads, as designated by the Virginia Department of Transportation or the Frederick County Comprehensive Plan, by the following road efficiency buffers
- Road efficiency buffer waiver for topography
The Zoning Administrator may waive, reduce and/or modify the road efficiency buffer yard requirements if in his opinion the topography of the lot providing the buffer yard and the lot being protected is such that the required buffer yard would not be effective.
- Road efficiency buffer woodland substitute
When existing mature woodland, when supplemented by new vegetation if needed, is located within the entire buffer area and meets the intent of this section, preservation of that woodland will be allowed to substitute for the required plant material and the opaque screening.
From the ordinance
All residential structures shall be separated from interstate, limited access, primary, major arterial, minor arterial or major collector roads, as designated by the Virginia Department of Transportation or the Frederick County Comprehensive Plan, by the following road efficiency buffers