James City County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 24-99
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum berm side slope ratio
Such berms shall have a maximum side slope ratio of three horizontal feet to one vertical foot and a level crown with a minimum width of three feet.
- Minimum berm crown width3 ft
Level crown with a minimum width of three feet.
- Maximum spacing of required trees in parking areas99 ft
The required trees shall be spaced no more than 99 feet apart throughout the parking lot.
- Minimum excavation depth for parking lot islands24 in
The excavation of these planting areas shall be to a minimum of 24".
- Parking spaces triggering landscaping10 spaces
Parking areas containing ten or more parking spaces shall contain landscaping.
- Minimum parkingMinimum parkingThe number of off-street spaces a development must provide before it may open. lot screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3 ft
All parking lots shall be visually screened from public road rights-of-way by evergreen plantings or berms that create a screen a minimum of three feet in height.
From the ordinance
Parking areas, accessory or otherwise, containing ten or more parking spaces shall contain landscaping and landscape areas in accordance with all of the following.