Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Interstate 95, Route 460 East
- Applies within
- 500 ft
- Geographic extent
- Receiving areas: parcels zoned commercial or industrial adjacent to I-95 (excluding Pocahontas Island) or Route 460 East from I-95 eastbound to city limits (excluding within 500 feet of a residential dwelling). Sending areas: all other parcels.
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Billboard consolidation requires demolition of equal or greater sign face area
No application for consolidation and reconstruction of a billboard sign structure shall be approved unless the applicant first applies for a demolition permit to demolish an existing billboard sign structure of equal or greater sign face area.
- Building permit required for alteration or relocation
No alteration to an existing billboard or relocation of a billboard shall occur without obtaining a building permit.
- Billboard relocation requires demolition of equal or greater sign face area
No application for relocation of a billboard sign structure shall be approved unless the applicant first applies for a demolition permit to demolish an existing billboard sign structure of equal or greater sign face area.
- VDOT outdoor advertising permit required
No city permit shall be issued until such time as an outdoor advertising permit approved by the Virginia Department of Transportation is presented to the zoning administrator.
- Changeable message sign technology requires demolition of equal or greater sign face area
No application to install changeable message sign technology on an existing billboard in a receiving area shall be approved unless the applicant first applies for a demolition permit to demolish an existing billboard sign structure of equal or greater face sign area.
- Maximum billboard heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.50 ft
The maximum height of any billboard structure along Interstate 95 shall not exceed 50 feet.
- Maximum billboard heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (other)25 ft
The maximum height of any other billboard structure being limited to 25 feet.
- Maximum billboard sign face area675 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The size of any billboard sign face shall not exceed 675 square feet.
- Minimum distance between billboards on same side500 ft
No billboard sign structure shall be located less than 500 feet apart on the same side of the road.
- Minimum distance from I-95 entrance/exit ramp100 ft
No billboard sign structure shall be located closer than 100 feet to an entrance or exit ramp on Interstate 95.
From the ordinance
The maximum height of any billboard structure along Interstate 95 shall not exceed 50 feet, with the maximum height of any other billboard structure being limited to 25 feet... The size of any billboard sign face shall not exceed 675 square feet.