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Loudoun County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 4.08.03

Agriculture SupportAll Loudoun County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA5 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.
217,800 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (5 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Servicing

Applies near
Preservation Farm Lots, Rural Economy Cluster Lots, Common Open SpaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. Lots
Geographic extent
Allowed only in direct association with ongoing agricultureAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them./horticulture/animal husbandry. Permitted on Preservation Farm Lots and Rural Economy Cluster Lots for agritainment/feedlot; farm co-op also on Common Open SpaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted. Lots.

Uses

Permitted by right5

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Buffer required

    Refer to Section 7.04.03.A.7.

  • Direct public road access required for heavy equipment

    Any agricultural support use (direct association) that involves the use of or services heavy equipment must have direct access to a public road. Direct access by a private easement is not allowed.

  • Hazardous chemicals prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in required buffer

    The use and application of herbicides, pesticides, and potentially hazardous chemicals and substances such as paints and solvents are prohibited within the required buffer.

  • Hours of operation

    Hours of operation for any agriculture support use (direct association) are limited to the hours from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., except hours of operation for a Livery Stable are limited to the hours of 4:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

  • Maximum storage area (varies by use and lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.)

    The total area of all storage areas used in the agricultural support use (direct association) is limited to the following size. See Table 4.08.03-4. Note: An additional 1,000 sf of storage area is allowed per every 10 acres in excess of 25 acres, up to 20,000 sf in total storage area size.

  • Maximum structure size (varies by use and lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.)

    The size of structures used in the Agricultural Support Use (direct association) is limited to the following gross floor area (total all structures). See Table 4.08.03-3. Exception: Additional 2,400 sf of structure size allowed per every 10 acres in excess of 100 acres, up to 48,000 sf in total structure size.

Setback

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area for any Agriculture Support Use (direct association) is 5 acres. ... Hours of operation ... 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Section 4.08.03