James City County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 24-366(b)

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Applies to major subdivisions approved under this article

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Allowed improvements in buffers

    Entrance roads, community and directional signage, bicycle/pedestrian paths, utility connections and drainage improvements permitted with planning commission approval.

  • Stormwater BMPs in buffers

    Wet ponds, dry detention basins, and other structural BMPs shall not generally be permitted in the buffers, except with planning commission approval under specified conditions.

  • Buffer restrictions

    All required buffers shall be exclusive of lots, remain free of structures and parking, and remain undisturbed, except for additional plantings and selective clearing approved by the director of planning.

  • Minimum perimeter buffer after waiver20 ft

    The perimeter buffer shall not be reduced by a waiver provision to less than 20 feet.

  • Minimum perimeter buffer35 ft

    The minimum perimeter buffer shall be 35 feet.

  • Minimum right-of-way buffer after waiver75 ft

    In no case shall the right-of-way buffer be reduced by a waiver provision to less than 75 feet.

From the ordinance

Within any major subdivision approved under this article, there shall be planned and maintained a perimeter buffer along the perimeter property lines of the development, except for areas adjacent to road rights-of-way. The minimum perimeter buffer shall be 35 feet.
Sec. 24-366(b)