Goochland County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 15-289.A
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Abandonment period12 months
Any system that is not operated for a period of one year is considered abandoned
- Maximum wind turbine heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.199 ft
Limited to 199 feet in height.
- Removal time after abandonment90 days
must be removed within 90 days of abandonment or notice from the county
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. multiplier from property lines1.5 x_height
Set back at least 1½ times the height of the wind turbine from all property boundaries
From the ordinance
Freestanding small wind turbines must be: a. Limited to 199 feet in height.