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Lot size: the area for development shall be a minimum of five acres. Lot coverage: 25% maximum. Building height: two stories or 35 feet maximum. Front yard: 100 feet minimum. Side yards: 100 feet minimum on each side when truck loading space is provided; 50 feet on each side when no truck loading spaces are provided. Rear yard: One hundred feet minimum when truck loading spaces are required and 50 feet when no truck loading spaces are required.

Off-street parking shall be provided on the premises at a ratio of three square feet of off-street parking area for every one square foot of gross floor area. Parking shall be permitted in the areas required for front, side and rear yard setbacks up to a point of 25 feet from any front, side or rear lot line of the shopping center.

Lighting for buildings, signs, accessways and parking areas shall be so arranged as not to reflect toward public streets or cause annoyance to surrounding property owners or residents.

All lot lines abutting residential districts, along the side yard or rear yard, shall be appropriately screened by fences, walls or year-round planting and/or other suitable enclosures of a minimum height of four feet and a maximum height of seven feet.

Storage areas for trash and rubbish shall be completely screened, and all organic rubbish shall be contained in verminproof containers with tightly fitting lids. No such storage area shall be permitted within any required yard space.

No freestanding or monument sign shall exceed 160 square feet in the Commercial or Industrial zoning districts or 50 square feet in the Agriculture, Woodland-Conservation, and Park-Recreation zoning districts. One freestanding or monument sign per street frontage shall be allowed in the Agriculture, Woodland-Conservation, Commercial, Industrial and Park-Recreation zoning districts.

The following setbacks shall apply to all signs, except temporary signs and minor signs which shall not be subject to setback requirements: [table omitted]

No sign, other than a sign approved or installed by the Virginia Department of Transportation, shall be located within or over any public right-of-way.

No sign, whether permanent or temporary, shall be attached to trees, utility poles or other supporting structures, unless specifically authorized by the Zoning Administrator.

Except in the case of shopping centers and corner lots, not more than one permanent freestanding sign shall be permitted for each lot or parcel.

Corner lots shall be entitled to one freestanding sign for each road frontage; provided, however, that this provision shall not apply along road frontages where restricted access easements are in place.

Signs shall be sized and/or located so as to not impair any sight distance reasonably necessary for pedestrian or traffic safety, such determination to be made by the Zoning Administrator and/or Virginia Department of Transportation.

Signs may be lighted with nonglaring internal lights or may be illuminated by shielded floodlights, which are directed downwards. Any sign with light sources of such brightness as to constitute a hazard or nuisance, as determined by the Zoning Administrator and/or Virginia Department of Transportation, shall be prohibited.

A sign which revolves or moves, whether illuminated or not, which has letter(s) or numbers shall not change at intervals of less than five seconds.

Commemorative plaques and historical markers... shall not exceed four square feet.

Flags of the United States of America, Commonwealth of Virginia, and the County are permitted. All other flags shall not exceed 100 square feet.

No freestanding or monument sign shall exceed 160 square feet in the Commercial or Industrial zoning districts or 50 square feet in the Agriculture, Woodland-Conservation, and Park-Recreation zoning districts. One freestanding or monument sign per street frontage shall be allowed in the Agriculture, Woodland-Conservation, Commercial, Industrial and Park-Recreation zoning districts.

Wall-mounted signs in the Commercial, Industrial, Woodland-Conservation, Agriculture, and Park-Recreation zoning districts shall be permitted to encompass 25% of the area of the wall to which the sign is attached, provided the total area of the wall-mounted sign does not exceed 160 square feet.

Residential-zoned subdivision and mobile home park entrances are permitted one monument-style or freestanding sign which is restricted to identifying the subdivision not to exceed 30 square feet.

Multifamily dwellings are permitted one wall-mounted sign per building not to exceed eight square feet, which solely identifies the building name or addresses.