Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 83-461(d)(4)
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 16%
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Landscaping & trees
- Interior landscaping area per parking space16 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Interior landscaping area shall include at least 16 square feet of area per parking space in the vehicular use area.
- Planting island double-loaded minimum area324 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Planting islands at the ends of double-loaded bays shall be at least 324 square feet in area.
- Planting island maximum spacing15 spaces
Where a row of parking spaces contains more than 20 spaces, planting islands shall be provided at a spacing no greater than one island at the end of every 15 contiguous parking spaces.
- Planting island minimum width9 ft
The minimum width of planting islands shall be nine feet.
- Planting island single-loaded minimum area162 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Planting islands at the ends of single loaded parking bays shall be at least 162 square feet in area.
From the ordinance
Interior landscaping area shall include at least 16 square feet of area per parking space in the vehicular use area. ... Planting islands at the ends of single loaded parking bays shall be at least 162 square feet in area. Planting islands at the ends of double-loaded bays shall be at least 324 square feet in area. The minimum width of planting islands shall be nine feet.