Section 5.05
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- limestone
- Geographic extent
- Areas underlain by limestone and in areas with Karst features and Karst terrain
Uses
Permitted by right6
Prohibited7
- facilities that generate or manufacture hazardous substances
- storage of hazardous substances in aggregate amount greater than 55 gallons
- automotive use category
- underground storage tanks except propane tanks and water cisterns
- waste-related use category
- convenience store with gasoline sales
- residential structures within Karst/Sensitive Environmental Feature Setbacks (except as provided)
Extracted standards
16 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Grading
- Maintain natural drainage
Site grading, including any fill or berm placement, must maintain natural drainage patterns.
Other
- Blasting subject to FSM
Blasting within LOD is subject to Section 6.157 of the FSM.
- Subdivisions requiring community water15 lots
Community water supply systems are required for all subdivisions of 15 or more lots approved after February 17, 2010, except for subdivisions in which each lot of the subdivision contains 10 or more acres of land.
- Deed notice required
The following or similar language must be contained in all deeds of conveyance and on all subdivision plats and Site Plans applicable to land in the LOD: 'In addition to the requirements of any underlying zoning district(s) and any other applicable overlay districts, this property also is subject to the requirements of the Limestone Overlay District (LOD).'
- Revegetation of disturbed areas
Disturbed areas must be limited to what is necessary to locate the use, and any disturbed areas that are not covered by paving, stone, or other solid materials must be revegetated.
- Irrigation prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. unless non-groundwater source
Irrigation systems are prohibited unless the water for such system is supplied from a source that is not dependent on groundwater, such as, but not limited to, cisterns and stormwater management ponds.
- Maximum hazardous substance storage55 gallons
Storage of hazardous substances in an aggregate amount greater than 55 gallons (or the dry weight equivalent) on site at any one time
- Minimum distance from Karst feature for land disturbing activities20 ft
Land disturbing activities are not permitted within 20 feet of a Karst/Sensitive Environmental Feature;
- No redirecting runoff to Karst features
Surface water runoff must not be redirected or concentrated to enter a Karst/Sensitive Environmental Feature identified in Table 5.05-1.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. soil mapping units
No land disturbing activity is permitted on soil mapping units 59 or 88 except for local access roads and driveways when no alternatives exist.
- Structures prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in subsidence areas
Structures are prohibited in all areas where a Geophysical Study indicates that potential subsidence may occur that would cause property damage, physical injury, or harm to the public or future residents, unless there are no alternative locations within a given lot of record, and a subsequent Geotechnical Report indicates that such potential harm can be mitigated.
- Subdivisions requiring public sewer15 lots
Public sewer or community wastewater systems designed in accordance with applicable Loudoun Water standards are required for all subdivision of 15 or more lots approved after February 17, 2010, except for subdivisions in which each lot of the subdivision contains 10 or more acres of land
- Soil units with 50% reduction50 pct
The above limits of land disturbing activity are reduced by 50% in the following soil conditions: 27, 50, 52, 55 and 89.
- Maximum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. reduction50 pct
The Karst/Sensitive Environmental Feature Setback may be reduced by up to 50% if the Geophysical Study concludes that the risks of collapse and groundwater contamination are non-existent or insignificant
- Depth for identifying underground solution channels45 ft
Underground solution channels within 45 feet of the surface;
- Trail setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from Karst feature25 ft
setback a minimum of 25 feet from each Karst/Sensitive Environmental Feature.
From the ordinance
The purpose of the Limestone Overlay District is to preserve and protect the unique geologic characteristics and the groundwater quality in its limestone area.