Isle Of Wight County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 5-5006.F
Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 4,356,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (100 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Minimum fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. adjacent to residential6 ft
a minimum six-foot-high solid board fence or masonry wall shall be required around all property lines adjacent to property zoned or developed for residential uses.
Other
- Access restrictions
Access from paved streets is required. Said streets shall be able to withstand maximum load limits established by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Access shall not be through any residential subdivision or development.
- Minimum buffer from residential300 ft
A minimum buffer three hundred (300) feet in width is required adjacent to residential districts or uses
- Minimum buffer from right-of-way150 ft
a minimum buffer, one hundred fifty (150) feet in width is required adjacent to public rights-of-way.
From the ordinance
No site shall be developed as a sanitary landfill or solid waste disposal site, and no existing sanitary landfill shall be enlarged, altered, or changed in use, except in conformance with the zoning district regulations of this ordinance and the following provisions: Minimum lot area of one hundred (100) acres shall be required. A minimum buffer three hundred (300) feet in width is required adjacent to residential districts or uses and a minimum buffer, one hundred fifty (150) feet in width is required adjacent to public rights-of-way. Access from paved streets is required. Said streets shall be able to withstand maximum load limits established by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Access shall not be through any residential subdivision or development. In addition to, and to the interior of, any required buffer zone plantings, a minimum six-foot-high solid board fence or masonry wall shall be required around all property lines adjacent to property zoned or developed for residential uses. The operation of the sanitary landfill shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and county licensing, permits, and authorization.