Lovettsville, Virginia · General provision

Sec 42-170

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA6,000 sq ft
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.

Extracted standards

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

Lighting

  • Maximum exterior light intensity0.1 fc

    Exterior lighting shall not exceed 0.10 foot candles above ambient light measured at the lot line of any adjacent residential lot or road right-of-way.

  • Maximum light temperature3,000 K

    Exterior lighting should have a light temperature of 3000 Kelvin or less.

  • Security lighting motion activated

    Security lighting facing a residential zoning district or use should be motion activated at a distance not exceeding the nearest property line. Such lights should remain on for not more than 10 minutes after motion ceases.

From the ordinance

The following provisions apply to residential zoning districts: ... Exterior lighting shall not exceed 0.10 foot candles above ambient light measured at the lot line of any adjacent residential lot or road right-of-way.
Sec 42-170