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Loudoun County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 4.05.09

All Loudoun County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA25 acMAX HEIGHT35 ftMAX FAR0.04
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.
1,089,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (25 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
35 ft
Maximum floor area ratioFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot.
0.04

Servicing

Applies near
AR, JLMA-20
Geographic extent
Applies to Fairgrounds in AR and JLMA-20 Zoning Districts

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

  • Exterior lighting standard

    Exterior lighting is subject to Section 7.05.02.C.2.

Noise

  • Maximum impulsive sound level at property line55 dB(A)

    The maximum allowable dB(A) level of impulsive sound emitted from the use, as measured at the property line, must not exceed 55 dB(A).

  • No loading/unloading within 250 ft of residential use during night hours250 ft

    No loading/unloading activities, or other noise-producing activities are allowed within 250 feet of an existing adjacent single-family detached use during the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

  • Outdoor music curfew23 hour

    Outdoor music is not allowed after 11:00 p.m.

Other

  • Dust-free parking surface

    All parking areas serving a fairground must use a dust-free surfacing material as provided in the Facilities Standards Manual.

  • Maximum public road access points2 points

    Only 2 points of access to a Fairground are permitted.

  • Maximum storage area as % of principal structures10 pct

    The maximum total area of Storage Areas is 10% of the total area of the principal structures.

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area is 25 acres. The maximum floor area ratio is 0.04. Maximum building height is 35 feet.
Section 4.05.09