Sec. 22-107 through 22-112
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Applies near
- Tappahannock Municipal Airport and Essex County Airport
- Geographic extent
- Areas within the approach, transitional, horizontal, and conical surfaces of the Tappahannock Municipal Airport and the Essex County Airport.
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Airport safety zone heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. limitation
No structure shall be erected, altered, or maintained, and no vegetation shall be allowed to grow to a height so as to penetrate any referenced surface, known as the floor, of any zone
Other
- NonconformingNonconformingLawful when built, but not compliant with the rules now in force; usually allowed to continue but not to expand. structure destruction threshold50 pct
Whenever the administrator determines that a nonconforming structure has been abandoned or more than 50 percent destroyed, physically deteriorated, or decayed, no permit shall be granted that would enable such structure to be rebuilt, reconstructed, or otherwise refurbished so as to exceed the applicable height limit
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. required for heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. deviation
Any person desiring to erect or increase the height or size of any structure not in accordance with the regulations prescribed in this ordinance may apply for a variance
From the ordinance
In any zone created by this ordinance no structure shall be erected, altered, or maintained, and no vegetation shall be allowed to grow to a height so as to penetrate any referenced surface, known as the floor, of any zone provided for in Section 223 of this ordinance at any point.