Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all parcels containing moderately steep slopes or steep slopes as defined by the Loudoun County steep slopeSteep slopeGround above a stated gradient, where building is restricted or barred. map.
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- GradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. permit required
The applicant shall obtain a grading permit in accord with the Purcellville land development and subdivision control ordinance and Section 1220 of the Loudoun County Codified Ordinances for all land-disturbing activities on all slopes.
- Locational clearance for moderately steep slopes
The applicant shall obtain a locational clearance from the Loudoun County Department of Environmental Resources.
- No disturbance on steep slopes without varianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship.
No land-disturbing activities shall be permitted on steep slopes, except as permitted in the Loudoun County Mountainside Overlay District (Section 4-1600) unless the applicant has received a variance from the Purcellville Board of Zoning Appeals under the standards in Article 10, Section 10.3.
- Stormwater BMPs required
The applicant shall incorporate stormwater management best management practices and erosion and sedimentation control practices as defined by the Loudoun County and Town of Purcellville Facilities Standards Manual into the permit application.
From the ordinance
No zoning permit shall be issued for any use, structure or activity on any parcel of land which includes within its boundaries moderately steep slopes unless and until the following standards have been met...