Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 83-466(f)(4)
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 4%
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Fence landscaping shrubs per 5 feet1 shrubs/5ft
One evergreen shrub shall be installed for every five linear feet of fence or wall
- Fence landscaping trigger distance15 ft
if located within 15 feet of a street right-of-way
- Fence landscaping trigger heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 ft
all fences and walls exceeding four feet in height
- Fence landscaping understory substitution ratio3 shrubs/tree
One understory or ornamental tree may be substituted for every three evergreen shrubs
From the ordinance
All chain link fences and all fences and walls exceeding four feet in height, if located within 15 feet of a street right-of-way, shall be supplemented with landscape screening ... One evergreen shrub shall be installed for every five linear feet of fence or wall