Section 28-XXX(i)
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 25%
Uses
Permitted by right16
Prohibited1
- outdoor display or storage of materials or merchandise (except golf courses)
Extracted standards
34 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Historic
- HistoricHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. site preservation required
Historic sites such as gun emplacements, foundations of historically significant sites, or similar features, as identified by the Stafford County Historic Committee, shall be identified on the preliminary land development plan...
Lighting
- Parking lot lighting max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.30 ft
Lighting fixtures used in parking lots shall be mounted no greater than thirty (30) feet in height.
Other
- Age restriction
At least one resident of such residential unit shall be fifty-five (55) years of age and no person less than nineteen (19) years of age shall reside in such dwelling unit.
- Automobile service setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from child careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day. or school750 ft
No vehicle service facility shall be located within seven hundred fifty (750) feet of a child care center or school.
- Automobile service setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from single-familySingle-family dwellingOne dwelling unit on its own lot, usually detached from its neighbours. residence750 ft
No automobile service or vehicle fuel sale facility shall be located within seven hundred fifty (750) feet of a single-family residence.
- Building elevation submission threshold5,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Architectural features for buildings greater than five thousand (5,000) square feet shall be compatible within each section.
- Cemetery preservation required
Any cemetery within the RBC District shall be identified on the preliminary land development plan and shall be preserved, set apart, protected and maintained in perpetuity...
- Commercial square feetsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. required before further residential500,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
which shall be followed by the completion of five hundred thousand (500,000) square feet of commercial, retail, hotel, research and development, conference, convention, convenience industrial or office development.
- Convenience store setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from child careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day./residence750 ft
No convenience center or convenience store shall be located within seven hundred fifty (750) feet of any child care center or residence other than retirement housing.
- Dumpster screening required
Dumpster pad sites and mechanical equipment systems shall be screened.
- Helistop setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from sensitive uses500 ft
No helistop shall be located within five hundred (500) feet of any child care center, residence, school, or the RBC district boundary.
- Initial residential lots50 lots
Initial residential development shall be limited to fifty (50) lots...
- Light industrial setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from conference/convention750 ft
No light industrial or light manufacturing use shall be located within seven hundred fifty (750) feet of any conference center or convention center.
- Light industrial setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from office/restaurant if noise/odor750 ft
Any use which produces off-site audible industrial noise or detectable odors or smoke shall not be located closer than seven hundred fifty (750) feet of any office building or restaurant.
- Light industrial setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from child careDay careSupervised care for children or adults during part of the day./residence/school750 ft
No light industrial or light manufacturing use shall be located within seven hundred fifty (750) feet of any child care center, residence or school.
- Loading areas oriented away
Loading areas shall be oriented away from public streets, or shall be screened from public streets or primary travel lanes.
- Maximum automobile service facilities per 500 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.3 count
No more than three (3) automobile service and/or vehicle fuel sales facilities shall be permitted per five hundred (500) acres within an RBC District.
- Maximum commercial retail gross area10 pct
The gross area of all commercial retail uses shall not exceed ten (10) percent of the gross area of the district.
- Maximum helistops per 500 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.2 count
No more than two (2) helistops shall be located per five hundred (500) acres of an RBC district.
- Maximum lots per year50 lots
No more than fifty (50) lots shall be approved in any given year.
- Maximum multifamilyMultifamily dwellingA building of four or more dwelling units. Where zoning is most restrictive. gross area2.1 pct
The gross area of all multifamily dwelling communities shall not exceed two and one-tenth (2 1/10) percent of the gross area of the district.
- Maximum neighborhood size50 lots
The maximum size of neighborhoods shall be fifty (50) lots.
- Maximum retirement housing gross area30 pct
The gross area of all retirement housing communities shall not exceed thirty (30) percent of the gross area of the district.
- No portion built for rent
No portion of such retirement housing shall be built for rent.
The minimum open space ratio required for the district shall be established in Table 3.1 of this chapter.
- Outdoor storage prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Outdoor display or storage of materials or merchandise shall be prohibited except within parcels developed for golf courses.
- Outdoor storage setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line100 ft
Outdoor storage of materials for maintenance of a golf course shall be exempt from this prohibition provided that the storage area shall be screened from public view, and are not located within one hundred (100) feet of any property line.
- Residential lot per commercial square feetsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
One residential lot shall be permitted per ten thousand (10,000) square feet of completed commercial retail, hotel, research and development, conference, convention, convenience, industrial or office development.
- Retail drive-through buffer class
Retail uses with drive-throughs shall provide a class C buffer, as specified in Graphic 6.1 of this chapter, to adjacent noncommercial uses located within the same zoning district.
- Sprinkler system required
All residential dwellings shall be constructed with sprinkler systems for fire suppression as approved by the fire marshal.
- Wet pond design threshold1.5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Stormwater management systems that are not designed for subsurface detention and/or infiltration and whose surface areas are greater than 1.5 acres shall meet wet pond design criteria.
Parking
- Parking lot landscaping in islands25 pct
A minimum of twenty-five (25) percent of the required parking lot landscaping shall be located within parking lot islands.
- Parking setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line10 ft
and ten (10) feet from any property line except where the parking area is shared...
- Parking setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from right-of-way15 ft
Parking areas shall be set back a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from the right-of-way of any public street...
From the ordinance
Performance standards in RBC districts. The following standards shall be the minimum required for all uses in the RBC, recreational business campus district.