Loudoun County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Section 5.04
MountainsideAll Loudoun County Unincorporated districts0
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Mountainside Overlay DistrictOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. 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 CIP
- Public water and public sewer
- Fences and associated clearing
- Publicly accessible trails and passive recreation facilities
- Remedial revegetation and site restoration
- Single-family dwelling on existing lot of record with accessory structures
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- No gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. permit for small structures
In unforested areas of slopes 0% to 15% in somewhat sensitive areas, no grading permit is required for structures of 600 square feet or less for sheds, greenhouses, chicken coops, and similar small structures.
- Ridge feature protection
Covered Activities are not permitted within a Ridge Feature.
- Modification of standards by Special Exception
Standards may be modified by Special Exception if no alternatives exist on slopes less than 15% or outside MOD.
- Spring feature setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.300 ft
Covered Activities must be setback at least 300 feet from a Spring Feature.
- Tree cover clearing limitation
No additional clearing of Tree Cover is permitted.
From the ordinance
The purpose of the Mountainside Overlay District is to regulate land use and development on the mountainsides of Loudoun County, to provide for low density residential development in mountainside areas.