Mathews County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
§ 175-16.2
Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Minimum screening heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. for nonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. auto graveyards/junkyards6 ft
minimum of six feet in height
Other
- Required screening material
masonry wall, a uniformly painted solid board fence, or an evergreen hedge
From the ordinance
Automobile graveyards and junkyards and automotive dismantling facilities in existence in Residential-1, Residential-2, Business-1, Business-2, Rural, Conservation and Industrial Districts at the time of the adoption of this chapter are to be considered as nonconforming uses. They shall be allowed up to three years after the adoption of this chapter in which to completely screen, on any side open to view from a public street, the operation or use by a masonry wall, a uniformly painted solid board fence, or an evergreen hedge, which wall, fence or hedge, shall be minimum of six feet in height.