Sec. 86-663 to 86-674
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All zoning districts in Louisa County for wireless communications facilities
Extracted standards
17 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Absolute maximum WCF heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.300 ft
Under no circumstance shall any WCF exceed 300 feet.
Lighting
- Lighting standard
Lighting on WCFs shall not exceed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) minimum standards.
Other
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of attached WCF above building20 ft
The top of an attached WCF shall not be more than 20 feet above the existing or proposed building or structure.
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. increase for collocated antenna20 ft
increase the height of an existing WCF by more than 20 feet.
- Equipment compound fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
All equipment compounds shall be enclosed with a fence, or wall, and gate, at least six feet in height.
- Minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of evergreen trees6 ft
Required evergreen trees shall be planted at a minimum height of six feet.
- Evergreen tree spacing in screening buffer10 ft
Landscaping consisting of one evergreen tree every ten linear feet on average
- Screening buffer width10 ft
A screening buffer, with a minimum buffer width of ten feet, shall be provided around all antenna support structures and equipment compounds.
- Minimum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of shrubs in hedge row24 in
Required shrubs shall be planted at a minimum height of 24 inches tall or minimum container size of three gallons.
- WCF exemption on large agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them./industrial parcels
WCFs greater than the maximum height allowed in the general regulations for the underlying zoning district, but less than 100 feet tall, provided the parcel is zoned agricultural or industrial and at least 25 acres in area, setbacks from all lot lines are at least 200 feet, and not more than one WCF per parcel.
Parking
- Parking spaces per antenna support structure or equipment compound1 space
One parking space is required for each antenna support structure or equipment compound.
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from occupied residential structure for breakpoint design100 percent of distance to breakpoint
if the antenna support structure is to be constructed using breakpoint design technology, the minimum distance from the nearest occupied residential structure... must be equal to or greater than 100 percent of the distance from the top of the structure to the highest breakpoint level
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from occupied residential structure for non-breakpoint design110 percent of heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
if the antenna support structure has not been constructed using breakpoint design technology, the minimum distance from the nearest occupied residential structure must be equal to or greater than 110 percent of the height
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residentially zoned property for non-breakpoint >100 ft200 percent of heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
in all instances where the antenna support structure has not been constructed using breakpoint design technology, the minimum setback distance from the setback line of any residentially zoned property... shall be at least 200 percent of the height
- Road setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. for pole-mounted WCFs25 ft
the road setback for pole-mounted wireless communication facilities in all districts shall be 25 feet from the edge of the easement or right-of-way line.
Signage
- Commercial messages prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. on WCF
Commercial messages shall not be displayed on any WCF.
- High voltage sign spacing20 ft
If more than 220 voltage is necessary... signs located every 20 feet
From the ordinance
It is intended that all new WCFs be 199 feet or less in height. Under no circumstance shall any WCF exceed 300 feet.