Hanover County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 26-191, 26-192, 26-193

Dimensional standards

Height & bulk

Minimum landscaping
5%

Servicing

Applies near
Urban development areas
Geographic extent
Areas of the county which, through provision of public utilitiesPublic utilitiesInfrastructure serving the wider area — substations, pump stations, towers., are, or are planned to be, more densely populated

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Internal landscaping percentage5 pct

    At least five (5) percent of the parking area shall be devoted to internal landscaping.

  • Landscaping bond percentage25 pct

    At the time of issuance of the certificate of occupancy, or at the end of the extension of time granted, a bond equal to twenty-five (25) percent of the cost of landscaping shall be posted with the county.

  • Shrub requirements

    The trees shall be supplemented with shrubbery with at least two (2) shrubs per required tree. All shrubs shall have a spread of eighteen (18) inches to twenty-four (24) inches when planted. Shrubs shall not exceed twenty-four (24) inches in height when planted.

  • Tree caliper at planting2 in

    Deciduous trees shall be at least two (2) inches in caliper measured six (6) inches from the ground when planted.

  • Tree canopy percentage10 pct

    Trees shall be required to provide a canopy after ten (10) years equivalent to at least ten (10) percent of the square footage of the parking area.

  • Underground utilities required

    All utility lines, including, but not limited to, electric, telephone, cable television, and street lighting, installed to serve new development within the Suburban Development Overlay District shall be placed underground.

Parking

From the ordinance

The purpose of this district is to specify additional development standards for uses other than residential uses in those areas of the county which, through provision of public utilities, are, or are planned to be, more densely populated.
Section 26-191, 26-192, 26-193