Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 23-5.8.2(c)
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Maximum freestanding sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (farFloor area ratio (FAR)Total floor area divided by lot area — an FAR of 2.0 permits 20,000 sq ft of floor on a 10,000 sq ft lot. from I-95)25 ft
Twenty-five (25) feet in height when located more than twenty-six hundred (2,600) feet from an Interstate 95 interchange
- Maximum freestanding sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (near I-95)35 ft
Thirty-five (35) feet in height when located twenty-six hundred (2,600) feet or less from an Interstate 95 interchange
- Maximum freestanding sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. (with setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.)5 ft
Five (5) feet in height with a height-to-setback ratio of greater than one-to-one and set back less than twenty-five (25) feet.
From the ordinance
The maximum height of freestanding signs shall be as follows except as provided for in section 23-5.8.7 of this chapter: (1) Twenty-five (25) feet in height when located more than twenty-six hundred (2,600) feet from an Interstate 95 interchange; (2) Thirty-five (35) feet in height when located twenty-six hundred (2,600) feet or less from an Interstate 95 interchange; or (3) Five (5) feet in height with a height-to-setback ratio of greater than one-to-one and set back less than twenty-five (25) feet.