Orange County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec 70-512, 70-513, 70-514, 70-515, 70-516
Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right9
- Automobile and equipment sales, service, storage or rental
- Laboratory
- Limited manufacturing and processing
- Office / Office Building
- Public utility, fire or rescue station, or maintenance facility
- Signs in accordance with sections 70-516 and 70-696 et seq.
- Wholesale distribution or warehouse
- Vocational Training Facility
- Outdoor Power Equipment Motorcycle. All-Terrain Vehicle. Watercraft Repair and Storage
Conditional / special use2
Accessory1
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Maximum off-site sign area32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total area of off-site signs on any lot shall not exceed 32 square feet.
- Maximum off-site sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
The height of off-site signs shall not exceed eight feet.
- Maximum pylon sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.18 ft
The height of on-site pylon signs shall not exceed 18 feet.
- Maximum permanent sign area on improved lot1 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. per linear foot of building frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
The total area of permanent signs on any improved lot shall not exceed one square foot of sign for each linear foot of building frontage.
- Maximum permanent sign area on unimproved lot32 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The total area of permanent signs on any unimproved lot shall not exceed 32 square feet.
From the ordinance
Setback from any VDOT secondary road, private street, or subdivision street shall be 50 feet from the right-of-way. Minimum side or rear yard width adjacent to agricultural or residential district shall be 100 feet. Structures shall be 100 feet or less in height.