Hanover County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sections 26-267 to 26-271
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All uses not classified as single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. residential or agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. uses
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.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of free standing gas lamp12.5 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.
- Light uniformity ratio5 ratio
light uniformity ratio of 5:1 or lower
- Maximum light intensity at property line0.5 foot-candles
Light intensity shall not exceed 0.5 foot-candles above background levels, measured at ground level at any property line
- Maintained parking lot lighting0.5 foot-candles
maintain a minimum of one-half (0.5) foot-candles and a 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 foot-candles
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
Downward directional full cutoff lighting shall be used... Light intensity shall not exceed 0.5 foot-candles above background levels...