Loudoun County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Section 7.04.06

Dimensional standards

Height & bulk

Minimum landscaping
5%

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Maximum berm slope ratio2 ratio

    Where a berm is proposed, the grade is not permitted to be steeper than 2:1.

  • Maximum distance from parking space to large deciduous tree80 ft

    No parking space is more than 80 feet from a large deciduous tree.

  • Minimum distance from curb or paved area for trees/shrubs3 ft

    Trees or shrubs are not permitted to be planted closer than 3 feet to any curb or paved area.

  • Minimum percentage of evergreen shrubs in peripheral landscaping75 pct

    A minimum of 75% of the total plant units required must be evergreen shrubs.

  • No less than 130 square feet in size for any individual area.

  • Minimum interior parking area landscaping percentage5 pct

    At least 5% of the gross area of the parking area must be interior parking area landscaping.

  • Minimum percentage of large deciduous trees in interior landscaping75 pct

    A minimum of 75% of the total plant units required for interior parking area landscaping must consist of large deciduous trees.

  • Have a minimum height of 30 inches.

  • Minimum plant units per 100 linear feet in peripheral landscaping50 plant_units

    A minimum of 50 plant units per 100 linear feet within a continuous 10-foot-wide landscape strip.

  • Planted with a minimum of 10 plant units per 150 square feet.

  • Minimum percentage of small deciduous trees in interior landscaping15 pct

    A minimum of 15% of the total plant units required for interior parking area landscaping must consist of small deciduous trees.

From the ordinance

At least 5% of the gross area of the parking area must be interior parking area landscaping. ...
Section 7.04.06