Loudoun County Unincorporated

In the AR-1 and AR-2 Zoning Districts, no lot may be decreased to less than 80,000 square feet.

Boundary line adjustments between nonconforming lots or between a conforming and a nonconforming lot are permitted provided the boundary line adjustment satisfies any of the following conditions: ...

The Zoning Administrator will respond to each written request for a Premeeting or waiver within 5 business days. Within 15 days of receipt of submission materials... the Zoning Administrator will finish the Completeness Check... Any Variance... will be deemed inactive if the applicant fails to submit... within 6 months...

Applications for Covered Activities in the Limestone Overlay District... must include... existing conditions map prepared at a scale of 1 inch = 200 feet; with planimetric detail at 5-foot (or less) contour intervals; including the location of existing wells, drainfields, fill sites, faults... within 100 feet of the property boundary.

Applications in the MOD for Variance, Commission Permit, Zoning Map Amendment... must include... existing conditions map prepared at a scale of 1 inch = 200 feet; with planimetric detail at 5-foot (or less) contour intervals; and the location of existing wells, drainfields, and springs within 100 feet of the property boundary.

Applications must provide sufficient information to demonstrate compliance with standards in Chapter 6. The Zoning Administrator may require the applicant to submit information showing existing conditions... prepared at a scale of 1 inch = 200 feet; planimetric detail at 5-foot (or less) contour intervals; and the location of any steep slope areas, rivers, streams, forests, tree cover, and approximate location of any on-site floodplain.

The placard must be posted at least 21 days prior to each public hearing through the date of the public hearing... Written notice must be given by the County or its designated representative at least 30 days in advance of a hearing to the owner of a public-use airport... when the following applications involve any parcel of land located within 3,000 feet of the boundary of a licensed public-use airport.

Administrative Modifications are limited to 20% of the base requirement.

Zoning Permits are not required for accessory structures under 30 inches in height and less than 20 square feet in area... Issued Zoning Permits become invalid if the authorized work is not commenced within 1 year... Temporary special events are limited to a maximum duration of 14 consecutive days.

Issued Sign Permits become invalid if the authorized work is not commenced within 12 months of the date of issuance; or is suspended or abandoned for a continuous period of 12 months.

The following do not require a Site Plan and are exempt from the requirements of Section 10.06, but do require a Zoning Permit in accordance with 10.04: ...

If a Variance is denied by the BZA on the merits, or withdrawn, no application requesting the same relief with respect to all or part of the same property will be considered by the BZA within 12 months after the date of such denial or withdrawal.

No new application concerning any or all the same property, which is substantially the same as any denied or withdrawn Zoning Map Amendment application, will be accepted for review within 12 months of the date of such denial or withdrawal.

Location and design of transitions between uses up to 200 feet of the project area, to include: a. Building heights and orientation; b. Use restrictions; and c. Additional buffers and setbacks

Decrease by 5% or less of the area designated as open space

No new application concerning any or all of the same property, which is substantially the same as the 1 denied or withdrawn, will be accepted for review within 12 months of the date of such denial or withdrawal.

Concept Development Plans for applications in the TRC Zoning District must be prepared according to Section 10.10.04 and include the following: 1. Delineation of required Inner Core Subarea, Outer Core Subarea, Transit-Designed Supportive Area, and proposed land bays; 2. Location of proposed uses by structure and use category for each subarea and land bay; 3. A table that provides: a. Total gross floor area; b. Minimum and maximum gross floor area and floor area ratio for each use category by subarea and land bay; c. The minimum and maximum height, in feet and stories, of all structures for each subarea and land bay; d. Total area of open space and on-site amenities for each subarea and land bay

Concept Development Plans for applications in the TC Zoning District must be prepared according to Section 10.10.04 and include the following: ...

In addition to addressing the standards in Section 10.10.04, Concept Development Plans in the PD-MUB Zoning District must: ...

The purpose of establishing Historic Overlay Districts is to effect and accomplish the protection, enhancement, perpetuation, and use of improvements and areas of special character or special historic interest or value...