Hanover County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sections 26-267 through 26-271
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all non-residential and non-agricultural uses in the county.
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Full cutoff lighting required
Downward directional full cutoff lighting shall be used for all free-standing or building mounted lights on site.
- Gas lamp heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limit12 ft
The total height of free standing gas lamp lighting shall not exceed 12 feet to the level of the mantle and 12.5 feet to the top of the fixture.
- Maintained parking lot lighting0.5 fc
maintain a minimum of one-half (0.5) foot-candles
- Maximum light trespass at property line0.5 fc
Light intensity shall not exceed 0.5 foot-candles above background levels, measured at ground level at any property line
- Maximum light uniformity ratio5 ratio
light uniformity ratio of 5:1 or lower
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. lot lighting at installation0.7 fc
a minimum of seven-tenths (0.7) foot-candles shall be achieved in all areas of parking lots, driveways and pedestrian access
From the ordinance
This division shall govern site lighting regulations for all uses not classified as single-family residential or agricultural uses.