Hampton, Virginia · General provision

Section 3-3(35)

Dimensional standards

Extracted standards

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

Environmental

  • Earthen dike or berm required adjacent to tidal marshes

    When filling is to be done adjacent to tidal marshes, an earthen dike or berm shall be established around the portion adjacent to the marsh.

Other

  • Access not from minor residential street

    Access shall not be from a minor residential street.

  • Freestanding water permitted with approval

    A body of freestanding water will be permitted when the grades of slopes, depth of excavation, and run-off structures are approved as not creating a public nuisance or public health hazard.

  • Maximum cleared area for operational offices, shops, and storage10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    an area not to exceed ten thousand (10,000) square feet may be cleared for operational offices, shops, and storage areas

  • Maximum dike slope on marsh side3 horizontal:vertical

    the slope of the bank on the marsh side shall not exceed three (3) feet horizontal to one (1) foot vertical

  • Maximum slope for first 100 ft from perimeter3 horizontal:vertical

    For the first one hundred (100) linear feet towards the center from the perimeter, the slope shall not be steeper than three (3) feet horizontal to one (1) foot vertical

  • Maximum slope for second 100 ft2 horizontal:vertical

    for the second one hundred (100) linear feet, the slope shall not be steeper than two (2) feet horizontal to one (1) foot vertical

  • Maximum slope for distances over 200 ft1 horizontal:vertical

    for distances over two hundred (200) feet, the slope shall not be steeper than one (1) foot horizontal to one (1) foot vertical

  • The slope of the banks of any fill under this subsection shall not exceed one and one-half (1½) feet horizontal to one (1) foot vertical without the use of an approved retaining wall.

  • The top of the slope of the bank of the dike may not be closer than fifteen (15) feet to the saltbush Sine or other evidence of the upper limits of the marsh

  • Minimum excavation setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from dwelling, street, or right-of-way200 ft

    distant at least two hundred (200) feet from any dwelling, existing street, or proposed right-of-way and all property lines in a platted subdivision

  • The excavations shall be confined to areas distant at least one hundred (100) feet from all adjoining property lines

  • Rehabilitation plan required

    A specific plan of systematic operation and rehabilitation shall be submitted and approved

  • Vegetation removal distance from shoreline100 ft

    All woody vegetation and debris will be removed from all slopes prior to the pit being filled with water for a distance of one hundred (100) linear feet from the ultimate shore line.

  • Vegetation removal restricted

    No trees or other existing growth shall be removed from the site except in the area to be excavated and in the right-of-way of haul roads

  • Vegetative cover required on dike

    A vegetative cover shall be established upon the dike.

From the ordinance

Excavation, filling, borrow pit operation, extraction, processing or removal of soil in all districts. ... (a) The minimum lot size for any use in this category shall be two (2) acres.
Section 3-3(35)