Loudoun County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Section 5.04
MountainsideAll Loudoun County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- MOD map
- Geographic extent
- Defined by presence of natural features such as elevation, forests, steep slopes, unstable soils, and groundwater recharge areas as shown on MOD map, with Somewhat Sensitive, Sensitive, and Highly Sensitive Areas.
Uses
Permitted by right7
- Bona fide agriculture (not including structures)
- Public roads shown on Comprehensive Plan or Capital Improvement Program
- Public water and public sewer
- Fences and associated clearing
- Publicly accessible trails and passive recreation facilities with permeable materials
- Remedial revegetation and site restoration using Native Plants
- Up to 1 single-family dwelling on existing lot of record with accessory structures, driveway, drainfield
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Expansion of existing single-family dwellingSingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. in Highly Sensitive Area50 pct
Expansion of existing single-family detached dwelling in Highly Sensitive Area must not increase total floor area or height by more than 50% from October 4, 1995.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from Spring Feature300 ft
Covered activities must be setback at least 300 feet from a Spring Feature.
- Ridge Feature Protection
Covered activities are not permitted within a Ridge Feature except as permitted by Section 5.04.B.
- Tree cover clearing limitations
Land disturbing activities are permitted subject to Tree Cover Clearing and Land Disturbing Activity Limitations in Somewhat Sensitive, Sensitive, and Highly Sensitive Areas per Tables 5.04-1 through 5.04-3.
From the ordinance
The purpose of the Mountainside Overlay District is to regulate land use and development on the mountainsides of Loudoun County...