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Loudoun County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 4.05.11

All Loudoun County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETSTREETbuildable areaFront 200 ftRear 200 ftSide 200 ftStreet side 200 ftMIN LOT AREA75 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.
3,267,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (75 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

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

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
200 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
200 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
200 ft
Street sideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
200 ft

Servicing

Applies near
AR, TR, JLMA
Geographic extent
Applies to Golf Courses in AR, TR, and JLMA Zoning Districts

Extracted standards

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

Environmental

  • Nutrient Management Plan required

    A Nutrient Management Plan must be approved by the Loudoun County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Department of Building and Development.

Lighting

  • Exterior lighting standard

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

Other

  • Hours of operation

    The hours of operation for a golf course are limited to 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

  • Maximum accessory usesAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. as % of clubhouse size25 pct

    Accessory uses 25% of the total size of the golf clubhouse.

  • Maximum public road access points2 points

    Only 2 points of access are permitted to a public road from a golf course.

  • Maximum storage area5,000 sf

    The maximum total Storage Area is 5,000 square feet.

  • Maximum total structure size25,000 sf

    The maximum size of all structures (total) used at a golf course is 25,000 square feet in gross floor area.

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area for a golf course is 75 acres for 9 holes and 150 acres for 18 holes. The minimum setback is 200 feet from all lot lines.
Section 4.05.11