Rockingham County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 17-703
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all planned districts and urban growth areas
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Landscaping in utility easements requires approval
Landscaping or other improvements may be placed within utility easements upon approval by the controlling utility company or agency.
- Minimum utility easement width20 ft
In any planned district, utility easements shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width.
- Structures prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. in utility easements
No structure shall be placed within a utility easement unless otherwise permitted by the controlling utility company or agency.
- Underground utilities required in urban growth areas
Districts located within urban growth areas designated in the comprehensive plan or any other plan adopted by the county shall require underground installation of utilities wherever possible, subject to the standards and regulations of the controlling utility company or agency.
From the ordinance
In any planned district, utility easements shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width. Districts located within urban growth areas... shall require underground installation of utilities wherever possible.