Gloucester County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 34-392, 34-394

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Applies near
public water system wells
Applies within
300 ft
Geographic extent
Within the incorporated areas of the town and within the zone of protection (300-foot radius from each public water system well). Also applies outside the town when a developer has agreed to be bound by these provisions.

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Baseline raw water analyses completion time120 days

    The analyses shall be completed within 120 days after the effective date of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, and a copy shall be forwarded to the town building official within 14 days of completion.

  • Secondary containment capacity150 pct

    The containment shall be of adequate size and design (no less than 150 percent of container volume) to handle all spills, leaks, overflows, and precipitation until appropriate action can be taken.

  • Minimum distance of effluent disposal area from potable supply wells500 ft

    At no time will an effluent disposal area be within 500 feet of potable supply wells.

  • Emergency recovery devices response time4 hrs

    Vacuum suction devices, absorbent scavenger materials or other devices approved by the town engineer, shall be present on-site or available within four hours in the zone of protection 24 hours per day and seven days per week by contract with a cleanup company approved by the town fire chief.

  • Daily inspection for breakage or leakage

    A responsible person designated by the permittee who stores, handles, uses or produces the regulated substances shall check every day of operation for breakage or leakage of any container holding the regulated substances.

  • There will be no new industrial land uses or zoning within the zone of protection.

  • Construction and operation of new sanitary landfills in the zone of protection shall be prohibited.

  • Maximum quantity of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and rodenticides handled during application in zone of protection700 gallons

    In the zone of protection, the pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and rodenticides for lawn, golf course or agricultural application shall not be handled during application in a quantity exceeding 700 gallons of formula.

  • The use, handling, production, disposal, and storage of regulated substances associated with nonresidential activities is prohibited in the zone of protection, except as provided under the general exemptions and special exemptions provisions of this article.

  • New single-family residential septic tanks in the zone of protection will be exempt from this regulation provided they meet the minimum locational criteria of one septic unit per five acres.

  • Commercial or industrial septic tank disposal systems prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in zone of protection

    Commercial or industrial septic tank disposal systems are prohibited in the zone of protection.

  • Full written report of spill submission time15 days

    A full written report including the steps taken to contain and clean up the spill shall be submitted to the town commission within 15 days of discovery of the spill.

  • Double pond detention/retention system required for new stormwater facilities in commercial, industrial, utility, timber, and public-institutional districts

    In commercial, industrial, utility, timber, and public-institutional zoning districts stormwater runoff facilities will be required to have a double pond detention/retention system for new facility installations.

  • New underground storage facilities requirements

    New underground storage facilities within the zone of protection shall meet the following requirements: Double-walled tank and piping with a continuous leak detection system in between the walls; or An impervious secondary containment having monitoring well(s) or detector located therein; and For each of the above options, it is required that the facility install and maintain a groundwater monitoring system, and implement a groundwater monitoring program approved by the town.

  • Zone of protection radius300 ft

    The zone of protection map depicts a circular boundary that has a radius of 300 feet from each public water system well in the town.

From the ordinance

All provisions of this article shall be effective within the incorporated areas of the town... The zone of protection map depicts a circular boundary that has a radius of 300 feet from each public water system well in the town.
Sec. 34-392, 34-394