Purcellville

The total area of all such signs shall not exceed 20 square feet, nor shall any sign exceed eight feet in height. Temporary signs shall be permitted for a period not to exceed three months.

Freestanding signs with one or two faces, and wall-mounted signs, and window signs with one face shall be permitted only for the purpose of advertising the land or building for sale, rent or lease... Maximum area: For residential uses and nonresidential uses in residential districts, six square feet per sign. For nonresidential and multifamily uses, 16 square feet per sign face. ... Maximum height: Six feet. ... Minimum setbacks: Twenty feet from the lot line of another lot and five feet from a public right-of-way.

Temporary political signs pertaining to specific elections... Such signs shall not exceed 28 square feet per sign. ... Signs permitted pursuant to this section shall be installed no sooner than 60 days prior to the election and removed within three days following the election.

Temporary signs and displays announcing the opening of a new business or the change in ownership of an established business... Maximum number and type: One freestanding, or wall sign up to 16 square feet per street frontage, or one banner per 400 feet of roadway frontage. ... Maximum height: Twelve feet if free standing or five feet below the highest point on the building facade, whichever is higher. ... Minimum setbacks: Two feet from any property line where possible.

A construction sign shall be permitted only while construction is actually in progress... Such signs shall not exceed 32 square feet per sign. ... Maximum height: Twelve feet if free standing or five feet below the highest point on the building facade, whichever is higher. ... Minimum setbacks: Five feet from any property line where possible.

In the event that an existing or proposed sign is not available at the time the old sign is taken down, a temporary sign may be used in place of the permanent sign for a period not to exceed 60 consecutive days.

On-site portable signs and banners related to a specific promotion or event... Maximum number and type and size: One banner per 500 feet of roadway frontage or total of no more than two banners placed a minimum of 30 feet apart or one portable sign not to exceed ten square feet or one wall sign not to exceed 28 square feet and one sidewalk/sandwich sign limited to eight square feet Banners shall not exceed 28 square feet each. ... Minimum setbacks: Five feet from any property line where possible. ... Maximum height: Twelve feet if free standing or five feet below the highest point on the building facade, whichever is higher.

Temporary signs for special events... A master sign plan for the event and reviewed by the community development department is required. ... Sign(s) may be placed up to 14 days prior to the start of the event and remain in place for the duration of the event. All signs shall be removed within 48 hours following the end of the event.

Regulations for all temporary signs: Banners are limited to a size of 32 square feet. ... A-frame signs limited to eight square feet. Height, overall, shall not exceed four feet.

The planned development shall be located in an area in which transportation, police and fire protection, other public facilities and public utilities, including sewerage, are or will be available and adequate for the uses proposed...

The following areas shall be preserved as undeveloped open space... Wetlands... Floodplain... Slopes in excess of 25 percent as measured over a ten-foot interval.

Dead-end streets are to be no more than 1,200 feet long... turn-around... radius at the property line of at least 50 feet... Length of blocks shall not exceed 1,200 feet... lot depths shall not exceed two and one-half times the width of the lot.

The width of any such easement shall be at least 15 feet. No structure of any kind shall be erected closer than ten feet from the nearest point of the easement to the structure.

In any townhouse development, the minimum lot width shall be no less than 20 feet and the minimum lot depth shall be not less than 100 feet. Each group of townhouses shall have at least 15 feet of side yard.

A minimum of two acres shall be required for all developments proposing the use of common parking courts. Maximum grade: Not exceed nine percent... No entrance to a common parking court shall serve more than 30 dwelling units.

Every development shall retain to the maximum extent possible all existing healthy trees at least six inches in diameter measured at a point three feet above the ground. No excavation... within an area equal to one foot of horizontal distance for every inch in diameter... no impervious surface may be located within 12 and one-half feet of any such tree. ... parking spaces required may be reduced by the number of spaces lost up to a maximum of 15 percent.

the number of parking spaces required may be reduced by the number of spaces lost up to a maximum of 15 percent of the required parking spaces.

Each subdivision and development shall provide for adequate drainage of stormwater. ... Concentrated stormwater runoff leaving a subdivision or development shall be discharged directly into a well-defined, natural or manmade off-site receiving channel or pipe.

The maximum period of the initial agreement shall be 24 months. Any and all forms of surety shall be equivalent to 100 percent of the estimated unit cost of construction of required improvements...

The value of such bond will be five percent of the original bond amount and shall be for a period of one year from the date of completion of the project