Dimensional standards
Lot
Servicing
- Applies near
- 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions.
- Geographic extent
- Transfer stations shall not be located within or encroach into any 100-year floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions..
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Minimum perimeter fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
The transfer station design shall include screening in accordance with Sec. 40.2-304(F), Screening including an eight foot perimeter fence interrupted only by necessary access and maintenance gates.
Other
- Maximum time solid waste may remain at station72 hours
Solid wastes shall not remain at the transfer station for more than 72 hours.
- Minimum parcel area174,240 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
The minimum area of a parcel proposed for development as a transfer station is four acres.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from lot line for waste handling areas50 ft
No building or area in which the unloading, storage, processing, or transfer of waste or recyclable materials takes place shall be located within: Fifty feet of the lot line on which the waste transfer station is located.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from residentially zoned property or educational/health/religious institution200 ft
No building or area in which the unloading, storage, processing, or transfer of waste or recyclable materials takes place shall be located within: Two hundred feet of a lot line of residentially zoned property as identified in Table 40.2-201, Zoning Districts Established; or Two hundred feet of a lot line of any Educational facility, Health Care facility or religious institution.
- Off-site cleanup radius1,760 ft
Operators shall also cause periodic off-site policing and clean-up of waste, trash, and litter along all public rights-of-way described in the Truck Routing Plan within 1,760 feet (⅓ of a mile) of the station not less than three times per week (or more often if needed) to ensure a neat and orderly appearance of the public rights-of-way.
- Operating hours
Operating hours shall be limited to 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
From the ordinance
The minimum area of a parcel proposed for development as a transfer station is four acres.