Orange County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec 70-565D, 70-565E

Dimensional standards

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Maximum percentage of a single building material on façade50 pct

    No building façade visible from a public right-of-way shall be comprised of more than fifty (50) percent of a single building material.

  • Maximum uninterrupted horizontal wall expanse40 ft

    For building façades visible from a public right-of-way, horizontal wall expanses longer than forty (40) feet shall be interrupted by recesses, projections, overhangs, and other architectural treatments.

  • Minimum area required to establish a district: Three (3) contiguous acres.

  • Outdoor storage screening

    Outdoor storage of materials and supplies shall be opaquely screened with landscaping and/or fencing from adjacent properties and public rights-of-way. Chain-link fencing is not permitted as screening for outdoor storage.

  • Perimeter buffer width25 ft

    A natural and/or landscaped buffer at least twenty-five (25) feet wide shall be maintained on any side of a PDB district which abuts a residential zoning district or residential use.

  • Metal siding and/or non-architectural concrete block shall not comprise any building façade visible from a public right-of-way.

  • Underground utilities required

    All utilities shall be placed underground.

Signage

  • Maximum number of permanent free-standing signs1 sign

    A contiguous PDB district shall generally be limited to one (1) permanent free-standing sign unless it is determined the public health, safety, and welfare would be better served otherwise.

Use

  • Minimum number of separate principal uses3 uses

    Minimum number of separate principal uses: Three (3).

From the ordinance

Maximum lot coverage ratio: seventy (70) percent. Maximum height: forty (40) feet. Public water and wastewater services shall be required for all development. Perimeter buffer at least 25 feet wide on any side abutting residential.
Sec 70-565D, 70-565E