County (unincorporated) · Virginia

Albemarle County Unincorporated

The ordinance has been retrieved, read and turned into structured rules.
7
Districts
1,142
Extracted rules
3,900
Standards
5
Chapters read

Zoning districts

7 districts, grouped by category.

General provisions

1,135 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.

Sec. 4.21 standards

The provisions in this section through section 4.2.5 implement the comprehensive plan by protecting and conserving steep hillsides together with public drinking water supplies and flood plain areas...

Sec. 4.2.12 standards

No lot other than a special lot shall have less than one building site, subject to the following: ... building site may not contain critical slopes, flood hazard overlay, under water, within 200 feet of 100-year flood plain of public water supply reservoir, or within stream buffer.

Sec. 4.2.11 standards

A building site shall be composed of a contiguous area of land and may not contain any area of land that is: (i) in critical or preserved slopes; (ii) within the flood hazard overlay district; (iii) under water during normal hydrological conditions; (iv) within 200 horizontal feet of the 100-year flood plain of any public water supply reservoir; and (v) within a stream buffer under chapter 17 of the Code

Sec. 4.2.14 standards

No lot other than a special lot shall have less than one building site, subject to the following: ...

Sec. 4.2.1 - Building site required2 standards

A building site shall be composed of a contiguous area of land and may not contain any area of land that is: (i) in critical or preserved slopes; (ii) within the flood hazard overlay district; (iii) under water during normal hydrological conditions; (iv) within 200 horizontal feet of the 100-year flood plain of any public water supply reservoir; and (v) within a stream buffer under chapter 17 of the Code

Sec. 4.2.22 standards

Building sites for uses not served by a public or central sewage system: Each building site for a dwelling unit shall have an area of 30,000 square feet or greater and shall be of such dimensions that no one dimension exceeds any other by a ratio of more than five to one.

Sec. 4.2.22 standards

Each building site for a dwelling unit shall have an area of 30,000 square feet or greater and shall be of such dimensions that no one dimension exceeds any other by a ratio of more than five to one...

Sec. 4.2.2 - Building site area and dimensions2 standards

Each building site for a dwelling unit shall have an area of 30,000 square feet or greater and shall be of such dimensions that no one dimension exceeds any other by a ratio of more than five to one

Sec. 4.2.33 standards

No structure or improvement shall be located on a critical slope of 25 percent or greater, except as provided in section 4.2.5.

Sec. 4.2.31 standards

No structure or improvement shall be located on any lot or parcel in any area other than a building site. No structure ... shall be located on critical or preserved slopes except as otherwise permitted.

Sec. 4.2.32 standards

No structure or improvement shall be located on any lot or parcel in any area other than a building site. No structure, improvement, land disturbing activity to establish a structure or improvement, or placement of clean earth fill or inert waste fill shall be located on critical or preserved slopes

Sec. 4.2.3 - Location of structures and improvements1 standards

No structure, improvement, land disturbing activity to establish a structure or improvement, or placement of clean earth fill or inert waste fill shall be located on critical or preserved slopes except as otherwise permitted

Sec. 4.2.3 and 4.2.44 standards

No structure or improvement shall be located on a critical slope of 25 percent or greater, except as provided in section 4.2.5.

Sec. 4.2.41 standards

Any onsite sewage system shall be located within a building site. ... discourage onsite sewage systems on slopes of 20 percent or greater.

Sec. 4.2.42 standards

the Virginia Department of Health should be mindful of the intent of section 4.2, and particularly mindful of the intent to discourage onsite sewage systems on slopes of 20 percent or greater. Any onsite sewage system shall be located within a building site.

Sec. 4.2.4 - Location of onsite sewage systems1 standards

the Virginia Department of Health should be mindful of the intent of section 4.2, and particularly mindful of the intent to discourage onsite sewage systems on slopes of 20 percent or greater

Sec. 4.2.51 standards

Any requirement of section 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3 or 4.2.4 may be modified or waived by special exception of the Board of Supervisors as provided in section 33.5.

Sec. 4.2.5 - Modification or waiver1 standards

The Board of Supervisors may modify or waive any requirement as provided in subsection (b)

Sec. 4.2.61 standards

A lot, structure, or improvement may be exempt from the requirements of section 4.2 as provided herein.

Sec. 4.2.6 - Exemptions1 standards

Any lot or parcel of record which was lawfully a lot of record on the effective date of this chapter shall be exempt from the requirements of section 4.2 for the establishment of the first single-family detached dwelling unit on such lot or parcel

Source documents

The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.