Madison County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
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Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- No artificial lighting
A small wind energy system shall not be artificially lighted.
Other
- Blade clearance above structures within 150 ft10 ft
The lowest point of the arc of the blade shall also be ten feet above the height of any structure within 150 feet of the tower base.
- Minimum blade ground clearance15 ft
The minimum distance between the ground and any protruding blades ... shall be 15 feet
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from adjacent lots
set back from all adjacent lots or parcels of land a distance equal to at least 110 percent of the height of the tower, plus the blade length
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from inhabited dwellings on adjoining lots
a distance equal at least to 150 percent of the tower height, plus blade length from any inhabited dwelling on all adjoining lots
Signage
- No advertising
A small wind energy tower shall have no advertising sign, writing, or picture.
From the ordinance
A small wind energy tower shall have a maximum tower height of 60 feet. ... The minimum distance between the ground and any protruding blades ... shall be 15 feet ...