Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 23-5.1.5
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Sight triangle distance for 90-degree corner30 ft
For a lot having an interior angle of ninety (90) degrees or more at the street corner thereof: Points shall be thirty (30) feet from the property lines extended.
- Sight triangle heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. range
Such sight distance shall be maintained between two (2) horizontal planes, one of which is three and one-half (3½) feet, and the other ten (10) feet above the established grade
- Sight triangle obstruction limit1 ft
no structure or planting of such nature and dimension as to obstruct sight distance other than a post, column or trunk of a tree (but not branches or foliage), which is not greater than one (1) foot in cross section or diameter.
From the ordinance
On every corner lot within the sight triangle there shall be no structure or planting of such nature and dimension as to obstruct sight distance other than a post, column or trunk of a tree (but not branches or foliage), which is not greater than one (1) foot in cross section or diameter. Such sight distance shall be maintained between two (2) horizontal planes, one of which is three and one-half (3½) feet, and the other ten (10) feet above the established grade of either street... (1) For a lot having an interior angle of ninety (90) degrees or more at the street corner thereof: Points shall be thirty (30) feet from the property lines extended. (2) For a lot having an interior angle of less than ninety (90) degrees at the street corner thereof: Points shall be thirty (30) feet from the property lines extended, plus one (1) foot for every ten (10) degrees or major fraction thereof by which such interior angle is less than ninety (90) degrees.