Madison, Virginia · General provision

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Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
County-wide for wireless communications facilities

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Balloon test required for WCF over 100 ft100 ft

    A balloon test for any proposed freestanding WCF in excess of 100 feet

  • Co-location requirement for WCF up to 120 ft3 count

    Each freestanding WCF up to 120 feet in height shall be engineered and constructed to accommodate no fewer than three co-located WCFs.

  • Co-location requirement for WCF 121-150 ft4 count

    Each freestanding WCF that is 121 feet up to 150 feet in height shall be engineered and constructed to accommodate no fewer than four co-located WCFs.

  • Co-location requirement for WCF 151+ ft6 count

    Each freestanding WCF that is 151 or more feet in height shall be engineered and constructed to accommodate no fewer than six WCFs.

  • WCF fencing required

    All freestanding support structures and associated equipment compounds shall be enclosed by a fence adequate to preclude unauthorized entry.

  • WCF landscape buffer width10 ft

    landscape screening shall consist of a ten-foot wide buffer

  • WCF landscape shrub spacing5 ft

    evergreen shrubs capable of creating a continuous hedge and obtaining a height of at least five feet, planted five-feet on center

  • WCF landscape tree spacing25 ft

    evergreen trees, minimum two inches caliper, 25-feet on center

  • not to exceed 199 feet

  • in R-1, R-2 and R-3 zoning districts the maximum height of a WCF shall be 125 feet

  • WCF removal after cessation of use180 days

    A WCF and its accessory equipment shall be removed, at the owner's expense, within 180 days of cessation of use

  • WCF removal for replacement90 days

    unless the abandonment is associated with a replacement support structure, in which case the removal shall occur within 90 days of cessation of use

  • WCF setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. as percentage of breakpoint distance110 pct

    minimum setback shall be a distance equal to 110 percent of the distance from the highest point on the structure to the breakpoint level

  • minimum setback distance for any such structure more than 100 feet in height shall be equal to 110 percent of the height of the proposed support structure

  • WCF signs restricted

    No signs shall be permitted on any WCF, other than required signs, informational signs, and warning signs.

  • WCF removal after vacancy period60 days

    A support structure which remains unoccupied by any antenna for a period of 180 consecutive days ("vacancy period") shall be removed within 60 days of the last day of the vacancy period

From the ordinance

Each WCF shall be of the least height necessary to meet the needs of the geographic area to be served by the facility, not to exceed 199 feet, except that in R-1, R-2 and R-3 zoning districts the maximum height of a WCF shall be 125 feet.
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