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Extracted standards
23 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Environmental
- Preservation of streams in natural condition
Streams in their natural condition
- Prevention of soil erosion and excessive runoff
Ground area from soil erosion and excessive water runoff
Other
- Connection to central water/sewer if available
When central water and/or sewer systems having sufficient capacity either existing or are proposed within a reasonable distance of the area of the development, provision shall be made to connect to the system.
- Fire hydrant locations per ISO standards
Fire hydrant locations and fire flow requirements shall be as prescribed by insurance services offices (ISO) standards
- Maximum fire lane sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.7 ft
All signs shall have the bottom edge of the sign no lower than four nor higher than seven feet above the parking surface.
- Minimum fire lane sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
All signs shall have the bottom edge of the sign no lower than four nor higher than seven feet above the parking surface.
- Land disturbing permit threshold10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Developments disturbing over 10,000 square feet of land, shall be required to obtain a land disturbing permit.
- Landscaping, screening, buffer areas required
Landscaping, screening, buffer areas, fences, walks, curbs, and other physical improvements as required by other county ordinances, by the Virginia Department of Transportation, or where the same shall be reasonable to preserve the existing character of the neighborhood, shall be provided by the developer.
- Maximum cul-de-sac length exclusive of turnaround700 ft
No cul-de-sac shall be longer than 700 feet exclusive of the turn-around.
- Maximum fire lane distance to outside storage150 ft
Fire lanes shall be provided to within 150 feet of all portions of an outside storage area.
- Minimum cul-de-sac length exclusive of turnaround100 ft
or 100 feet in overall length exclusive of the turnaround.
- Minimum cul-de-sac length including turnaround200 ft
No cul-de-sac street shall be shorter than 200 feet in overall length including the turn-around
- Minimum easement edge distance from building10 ft
the nearest edge of any easement shall be a minimum of ten feet from any building.
- Minimum easement width15 ft
Minimum width of easements shall be 15 feet
- Minimum fire lane vertical clearance13.5 ft
a minimum vertical clearance of 13 and one-half feet.
- Minimum fire lane width18 ft
Fire lanes shall have a minimum width of 18 feet.
- Minimum right-of-way dedication from centerline25 ft
Where a site development plan is presented on a public street of less than 50 feet in width, additional right-of-way shall be a minimum of 25 feet from the existing centerline.
- Minimum travel lane width20 ft
The pavement of vehicular travel lanes or driveways designed to permit vehicular travel from adjacent property and parking areas shall be not less than 20 feet in width, except for alleyways.
- Minimum tree diameter for preservation10 in
Trees of ten inch diameter or larger
- Minimum turnaround radius50 ft
All turn-arounds shall have a turning radius of at least 50 feet.
- Minimum working easement clearance from pipes7.5 ft
A working easement whose edge is not less than seven and one half feet clear of the outside pipes
- Density threshold for sidewalk requirement4 du/acdu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.
Sidewalks and pedestrian walkways may be required on one or both sides of streets in residential developments of a density of four or more units per acre
- Screening of outdoor storage
Storage of equipment, supplies, products, etc., not in the main structure shall be thoroughly screened from residential zones and uses, public right-of-way, and other public areas
From the ordinance
Where a site development plan is presented on a public street of less than 50 feet in width, additional right-of-way shall be a minimum of 25 feet from the existing centerline. All building setbacks shall be measured from the additional dedicated or reserved right-of-way.