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Loudoun County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 4.07.02.B

All Loudoun County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA3 ac
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
130,680 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (3 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Servicing

Geographic extent
Applies to Utility Scale Energy Storage Facilities.

Extracted standards

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

Height

Other

  • Buffer Type C with earthen berm

    In lieu of the buffer required under Table 7.04.03-1, a Buffer Type C is required with the specified plantings, and located on an earthen berm that has a minimum height of 6 feet and a grade lower than 2:1.

  • Decommission plan required

    As part of the first submission of the Site Plan for the facility, the applicant must provide a detailed decommission plan acceptable to the Zoning Administrator.

  • Distance from historicHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. resources1,760 ft

    The facility project area must not be located within 1/3 mile of a historic resource as defined by this Zoning Ordinance.

  • Fence with locked gate

    A fence approved by the Fire Marshal and/or Building Official with a locked gate or other approved barrier must be provided to keep the public at least 10 feet from the outer Energy Storage Facility container, including mobile energy storage systems.

  • Fire apparatus access distance150 ft

    Horizontal access to all points of individual or grouped containers must not exceed 150 feet from any approved fire apparatus access roadway.

  • Maximum container size900 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

    Containers housing energy storage equipment are limited to 900 square feet in size or the maximum size that promulgated by the most current NFPA 855 Standard.

  • Minimum container separation10 ft

    Energy Storage Facility containers placed as a group of 2 or more must be separated by a minimum of 10 feet or that distance required in the most current NFPA 855 standard, whichever is greater.

  • SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from adjacent uses

    Unless a more restrictive setback within the underlying zoning district or road corridor applies, all components of the Energy Storage Facility must be set back a distance of: [table not shown]

  • UL 9540 certification

    Any Energy Storage Facility equipment must be listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory to UL 9540 or approved equivalent.

From the ordinance

The minimum project area must be 3 acres.
Section 4.07.02.B