York County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 24.1-260

Extracted standards

4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Lighting

  • Full cut-off lighting threshold3,000 lumens

    all outdoor lighting in excess of 3,000 initial lumens... shall be designed, installed and maintained to prevent unreasonable or objectionable glare... and shall incorporate the use of 'full cut-off' luminairies/fixtures.

  • Maximum illumination at non-residential property lines0.5 footcandles

    site lighting shall be designed to limit illumination intensity to not more than 0.5 footcandles at all perimeter property lines abutting non-residential property

  • Maximum illumination at residential property lines0.1 footcandles

    and not more than 0.1 footcandles when abutting residential property.

Other

  • Maximum slope for new construction30 pct

    New construction on existing slopes in excess of thirty percent (30%) shall be prohibited

From the ordinance

New construction on existing slopes in excess of thirty percent (30%) shall be prohibited unless the zoning administrator... determines that such construction can be accommodated without creating or exacerbating erosion, seepage, or nutrient transport problems.
Sec. 24.1-260