Article 26, Sections 26-69 to 26-85
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Housing
- Two-family
- by_right
- Three-family
- by_right
- Four-plus family
- by_right
Uses
Permitted by right4
Conditional / special use5
- Private clubs accessory to planned residential development
- Public or governmental buildings and uses
- Public utilities or public service uses
- Churches, rectories, parish houses, convents and monasteries, temples, and synagogues
- Manufactured home communities
Accessory19
- Domestic storage
- Private garage
- Central parking garage
- Home occupations
- Keeping of small animals
- Storage of recreational vehicles
- Golf courses
- Active and passive recreation facilities
- Signs
- Temporary buildings
- Accessory off-street parking
- Office or construction trailers
- Foster home
- Telecommunications arrays
- Family day homes
- Temporary family health care structures
- Tier 1 battery energy storage systems
- Solar energy facility, accessory, ground-mounted
- Solar energy facility, accessory, roof-mounted
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Telecommunications tower heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. by rightBy rightPermitted outright: if the plans meet the written rules, permission cannot be withheld.60 ft
Telecommunications towers and related facilities that do not exceed sixty (60) feet in height
- Telecommunications tower heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. with special exception100 ft
Telecommunications towers and related facilities that exceed sixty (60) feet but do not exceed one hundred (100) feet in height
Landscaping & trees
- Minimum street tree caliper2 in
At least one (1) tree, a minimum of two (2) inches in caliper when planted, shall be provided for every fifty (50) feet of street length.
- Street tree spacing50 ft
At least one (1) tree, a minimum of two (2) inches in caliper when planted, shall be provided for every fifty (50) feet of street length.
Other
- Active recreation as percentage of common area25 pct
At least 25% of the required common area shall be improved with active recreation areas.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. from external state highways50 ft
The minimum setback for all structures shall be fifty (50) feet from existing external state-maintained highways.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. from internal roads25 ft
There shall be a twenty-five-foot setback from internal roads designed to state standards.
- Front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. detached from internal roads15 ft
The minimum front yard setback for all structures shall be fifteen (15) feet from the internal roads designed to state standards.
- Pedestrian path width4 ft
The paths shall be constructed of permanent materials... and shall be no less than four (4) feet in width.
- Public water and sewer required
All development shall be served by public water and sewer systems.
- Street buffer along Major Thoroughfare50 ft
A buffer no less than fifty (50) feet in width shall be required along the frontage on any existing or planned road designated as a 'Major Thoroughfare' on the Hanover County Major Thoroughfare Plan
- Street buffer along other public roads25 ft
A buffer no less than twenty-five (25) feet in width shall be required along the frontage of all other existing public roads
From the ordinance
The purpose of this district is to provide for higher density residential development... All development shall be served by public water and sewer systems.