Sec. 23-7.6.5, Sec. 23-7.6.9
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All land within 400 feet of either side of the future right-of-way of Plank Road (Route 3), Courthouse Road (Route 208), U.S. Route 1, U.S. Route 1 Business, Route 620, Route 639, Hood Drive, etc.
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Signage
- Building-mounted sign area for one-story building
Sign, building-mounted for tenants with outside entrance shall not exceed one and one-half (1½) square feet of sign area per horizontal linear foot of each exterior wall or portion of an exterior wall specifically occupied by each business or tenant for each of the first one hundred (100) linear feet of exterior wall plus one (1) square foot of sign area for each horizontal linear foot over one hundred (100) linear feet of exterior wall.
- Building-mounted sign area within first 200 ft of right-of-way
For buildings located within the first two hundred (200) feet of either side of the future right-of-way line in a designated Highway Corridor Overlay District, the total sign, building-mounted area for any exterior wall shall not exceed sixty-four (64) square feet per tenant in the rural development HCOD and eighty (80) square feet per tenant in the primary development HCOD.
- Free-standing sign area
The area for any sign, free-standing or sign, monument shall not exceed sixty-four (64) square feet in the rural development HCOD and one hundred (100) square feet in the primary development HCOD.
- Free-standing sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
The maximum height for sign, free-standing or sign, monument shall not exceed eight (8) feet in the rural development HCOD and sixteen (16) feet in the primary development HCOD.
- Roof signs above highest roof line prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
No sign, roof shall be permitted above the highest roof line.
- Shopping center free-standing sign area
The total area for sign, free-standing or sign, monument shall not exceed eighty (80) square feet in the rural development HCOD and one hundred twenty (120) square feet in the primary development HCOD.
- Shopping center free-standing sign heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
The maximum height for sign, free standing or sign, monument shall not exceed sixteen (16) feet or the height of the principal building, whichever is less.
- Comprehensive uniform sign plan required
A comprehensive uniform sign plan shall be submitted to the county for approval in conjunction with the site plan submittal.
From the ordinance
All land within four hundred (400) feet of either side of the future right-of-way of Plank Road, Route 3, from the City of Fredericksburg line, to the Orange County line shall be within the HCOD. ... A comprehensive uniform sign plan shall be submitted to the county for approval in conjunction with the site plan submittal.