Rockingham County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 17-701.07

Extracted standards

2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Compact area height-to-width ratio

    In compact areas, a minimum of 60% of the total linear street frontage of any given block shall have a height-to-width ratio of at least 1:3.

  • Maximum facade length without break150 ft

    Building facades greater than 150 feet in length shall be broken into smaller planes of 30 to 50 feet in width.

From the ordinance

Building facades visible from any public or private street and greater than one hundred fifty (150) feet in length, measured horizontally, shall be broken into smaller planes of thirty (30) to fifty (50) feet in width by incorporating landscaping, wall plane projections or recesses, arcades, display windows, entry areas, awnings, and other similar features adding visual interest.
Sec. 17-701.07