Rockingham County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 17-607 (Wind Energy Systems)
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Abandonment period24 months
Any wind energy system that is not operated for a continuous period of twenty-four (24) months shall be considered abandoned
- Minimum property line setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.10 ft
no portion of the small wind energy system, including guy wire anchors, may extend closer than ten (10) feet to the property line.
- Removal timeframe after notice90 days
the owner of the system shall remove the turbine within ninety (90) days of receipt of notice
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from neighboring dwelling (percent of heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.)150 pct
a distance equal at least to one hundred fifty (150) percent of the structure height from any dwelling inhabited by humans on neighboring property.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property lines (percent of heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.)110 pct
The wind energy system shall be set back a distance at least equal to one hundred ten (110) percent of the structure height from all adjacent property lines
From the ordinance
The wind energy system shall be set back a distance at least equal to one hundred ten (110) percent of the structure height from all adjacent property lines and a distance equal at least to one hundred fifty (150) percent of the structure height from any dwelling inhabited by humans on neighboring property.