Hanover County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 26-54.7

Extracted standards

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

Fencing & walls

  • Chain-link fencing requirement

    Any chain-link fencing must have a dark vinyl coating rather than a bare galvanized steel finish.

Lighting

Other

  • Dumpster enclosure requirements

    Commercial containers shall be screened on three (3) sides by durable, sight-obscuring walls constructed of brick, masonry, stone, or similar material, and on the fourth side by a wood or metal gate. The height of the screening walls and gate shall be at least one (1) foot higher than the height of the container.

  • Facade articulation

    Building facades greater than sixty (60) feet wide that are oriented towards public or private roads must include wall offsets (projections or recesses in the facade plane) that are at least one (1) foot deep, at least ten (10) feet wide, and spaced no more than forty (40) feet apart.

  • Facade materials

    Building facade materials are limited to wood, brick, stone, decorative block, or other materials with a similar appearance, as determined by the director.

  • Loading area location

    Loading areas must be located to the side or rear of building. Loading areas may not be oriented towards public roadways.

  • Maximum decorative block on facades30 pct

    No more than thirty percent (30%) of building facades visible from existing or planned public roads may be adorned with decorative block.

  • Any hedge or wall abutting a street must be maintained at a maximum height of three (3) feet above the elevation of the adjacent parking area.

  • Screening of mechanical equipment

    Exterior mechanical equipment... must be screened as follows: Roof-mounted... screened by a parapet wall, roof screen, or similar device... Ground-mounted and wall-mounted... screened by any combination of sight-obscuring dense evergreen vegetation or decorative walls or fences...

  • At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the street-facing facade area... of the ground-level floor of buildings... must be occupied by doorways or transparent windows.

  • Any flat roofs must incorporate a parapet at least three (3) feet high with a three-dimensional cornice.

  • Parking lot landscaping

    Where a parking area abuts a public right-of-way, a private access easement, or an adjacent property used for residential or agricultural purposes, evergreen shrubs must be planted to form a continuous, opaque hedge around the perimeter of the parking area.

  • Primary entrance orientation

    The primary entrances of buildings must be oriented towards a public road, if the parcel is adjacent to an existing or planned public road.

  • Roof materials

    Any roof visible from an adjoining street or property shall be constructed of wood, tile, standing seam metal, heavy-grade architectural fiberglass shingles, slate, or other materials with a similar appearance, durability, and quality.

  • Roofline change interval40 ft

    For buildings with parapet walls, there must be a change in roofline at least once every forty (40) feet. For pitched roofs, there must be a change in roofline... at least once every forty (40) feet.

Parking

  • Maximum parking in front of building50 pct

    For uses with twenty (20) or more off-street parking spaces, no more than fifty percent (50%) of the off-street parking spaces may be located between the front facade of the building and adjacent public roads.

Signage

  • Signage standard

    All signage for nonresidential uses within this district must comply with the standards within article 5 (site design requirements), division 7 (sign regulations) applicable to the B-1, Neighborhood Business District.

From the ordinance

For uses with twenty (20) or more off-street parking spaces, no more than fifty percent (50%) of the off-street parking spaces may be located between the front facade of the building and adjacent public roads.
Section 26-54.7