Rockingham County Unincorporated

Each off-street loading space shall have minimum dimensions of fourteen (14) feet in height, twelve (12) feet in width, and fifty (50) feet in length.

In any planned district, utility easements shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width. Districts located within urban growth areas... shall require underground installation of utilities wherever possible.

A landscape plan submitted in accordance with the provision of this section and approved by the zoning administrator shall be required for any use or development for which a site plan is required by article X, procedures.

A landscape plan shall be submitted with any application for a building permit for a new building, an addition of more than 25 percent of the gross floor area, or a new parking lot of more than 10 spaces.

A landscape plan submitted in accordance with the provision of this section and approved by the zoning administrator shall be required for any use or development for which a site plan is required.

Street landscaping shall comply with VDOT's 'Guidelines for Planting along Virginia's Roadways.'

Street trees shall be provided along all streets in accordance with the following standards:

Street landscaping shall comply with VDOT's 'Guidelines for Planting along Virginia's Roadways.'

When fifteen (15) or more parking spaces are required under section 17-702, not less than three (3) percent of the parking area shall be devoted to landscape islands or other landscaping internal to the parking area.

Parking lots with 10 or more spaces shall provide landscaping in accordance with this section. Parking lots shall provide a minimum of 10 percent landscaped area

The requirements of this section shall be applicable to all off-street parking areas exceeding four thousand five hundred (4,500) square feet in area. ... The parking area shall be separated from any streets by a minimum of ten (10) feet.

On-site functions, such as loading and unloading areas, dumpsters and trash collection, outside storage areas, maintenance areas and equipment, and mechanical equipment, shall be screened by using one (1) or more of the following options...

Screening shall be provided to buffer incompatible uses and to protect the visual quality of adjacent properties.

On-site functions... shall be screened by using one (1) or more of the following options... (a) A minimum six-foot-high opaque fence or wall... (b) A three-foot-high berm with plantings of six-foot-high evergreen screening.

In any conventional district, where public water and sewer serve the parcel, all setbacks shall include a ten-foot utility easement.

Utility easements shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width for local utilities and 20 feet in width for trunk utilities.

In any conventional district, where public water and sewer serve the parcel, all setbacks shall include a ten-foot utility easement. In any planned district, utility easements shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width.

The owner of the property shall be responsible for the maintenance of all required landscaping.

All required landscaping, trees, buffers, and screening shall be installed, maintained, and replaced or supplemented at no cost to the county as necessary to continue to comply with the standards set forth in this article.

Where the outdoor display area is located adjacent to a building, an unoccupied area of not less than five (5) feet in width shall be provided for pedestrian access...