Loudoun County Unincorporated

Buffer Types A, B, and C are described: Aesthetic, Semi-opaque, Opaque. Buffer Type C requires a 6-foot-high fence, wall, or berm with 95% opacity.

Specific Uses under Chapter 4 that reference Section 7.04 must provide between the Specific Use and any existing adjacent lot 4 acres or less or containing a dwelling within 300 feet: minimum 50-foot setback, Road Corridor Buffer Type 2 for front yards, and a 6-foot-high fence/wall/berm with 95% opacity for sides and rear.

For a cemetery, burial ground, or grave on the developing property, a 25-foot protection buffer must be established outside of and abutting the delineated perimeter boundary; a 25-foot preservation buffer must be established outside of and abutting the protection buffer.

Cemetery, Burial Ground, and Grave Buffer comprises perimeter boundary, protection buffer, and preservation buffer. Protection buffer 25 ft, preservation buffer 25 ft. Perimeter fence 3-4 ft high. No land disturbing activity except certain exceptions.

On-site components must be screened from view at the ground level from all public roads and adjoining parcels using at least one of the following: an opaque fence or wall that is a minimum of 6 feet in height; a berm that is a minimum of 3 feet in height with evergreen plantings that are a minimum of 6 feet in height at time of planting.

On-site components must be screened from view from public roads and adjoining parcels using at least one: opaque fence/wall min 6 ft, berm min 3 ft with evergreen plantings min 6 ft, or architectural element. Parapet max height equal to top of highest mechanical unit but not exceed max height by more than 3 ft.

At least 5% of the gross area of the parking area must be interior parking area landscaping. ...

Any property with 20 or more parking spaces must include interior parking area landscaping: at least 5% of gross area, min 130 sq ft per area, 10 plant units per 150 sq ft, no parking space more than 80 ft from a large deciduous tree. Peripheral parking area landscaping: min height 30 inches, 50 plant units per 100 linear feet in 10-ft strip.

Any property, use, or parking area that contains 20 or more parking spaces, except areas used for accessory storage of vehicles, must include interior parking area landscaping.

The plant types used to meet the Plant Unit requirements for each Buffer or Road Corridor Buffer must meet the following: ...

At the time of planting, all trees and shrubs must meet the requirements of the American National Standards Institute, American Standard for Nursery Stock, ANSI Z60.1-2014.

Plant units must meet composition requirements: no more than 50% large deciduous, no more than 50% evergreen, min 10% evergreen for Type C, no more than 60% small deciduous, no more than 30% shrubs, min 30% evergreen shrubs, max 25% ornamental grasses, min 80% native, min 75% pollinator, no invasive.

The Zoning Administrator may adjust or waive Road Corridor Buffer and Buffer Type requirements of Section 7.04 as part of the Site Plan, Subdivision, and/or Zoning Permit process...

Lighting fixtures must be full cutoff... Maximum illumination 0.25 foot-candles above background light levels measured at the lot line...

Lighting fixtures must be full cutoff so that the emitted light is not projected above the horizontal plane of the shield, or bulb enclosure, and the bulb is recessed or level with the lowest portion of the lighting shield.

No loading/unloading activities or other noise-producing activities are permitted within 250 feet of an existing principal dwelling.

No loading/unloading activities or other noise-producing activities are permitted within 250 feet of an existing principal dwelling.

Between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., all of the permissible vibration levels ... must be reduced to one-half the indicated values.

Between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., all of the permissible vibration levels indicated in Table 7.05.04-1 and Table 7.05.04-2 above at residential district boundaries must be reduced to one-half the indicated values.

When the calculation of the number of required parking and loading spaces results in a fractional space: a minimum of 1 parking or loading space must be provided; fractions less than or equal to 0.50 are to be discarded...