Prince William County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 32-250.204
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Maximum baseball infield lighting50 fc
Fifty foot-candles in the infield and 30 foot-candles in the outfield for baseball/softball.
- Maximum basketball court lighting30 fc
Thirty foot-candles for basketball courts.
- Maximum football/soccer lighting50 fc
Fifty foot-candles for football/soccer fields.
- Maximum golf facility lighting5 fc
Five foot-candles for golf related facilities (20 foot-candles maximum for driving range tees).
- Maximum parking lot lighting (recreational)5 fc
Five foot-candles for parking lots.
- Maximum tennis court lighting50 fc
Fifty foot-candles for tennis courts.
- Light pole setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residential property line1 ft per ft heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
All light fixtures/light poles shall be set back a minimum of one foot for every foot in height from any residential property line or right-of-way.
From the ordinance
The average maintained lighting levels for recreational uses, other than professional sports teams, shall not exceed the following: (a) Fifty foot-candles in the infield and 30 foot-candles in the outfield for baseball/softball. (b) Fifty foot-candles for football/soccer fields. (c) Fifty foot-candles for tennis courts. (d) Thirty foot-candles for basketball courts. (e) Five foot-candles for golf related facilities. (f) Five foot-candles for parking lots.