Standards

“all existing vegetation shall be preserved and that only water dependent facilities or redevelopment of grandfathered facilities shall be permitted in resource protection areas.”

“Energy facilities are not permitted within any large forest block with a score of 4.1 or greater”

“By-right projects must not disturb more than ten acres in the aggregate of habitat cores, forest blocks, or corridors”

“By-right projects must not disturb either (a) more than 10 acres of prime farmland”

“the area of the canopy of such forested area shall be reduced by more than 25 percent”

“the term 'immediate environs' shall include the bed of any such stream and the land on either side thereof to a distance of 15 feet from the edge of such at mean annual flow level”

“no person shall commence any use involving the construction of any structure, the cutting of any living tree over six inches caliper measured at six inches above ground level, or the grading or other like physical alterations of the immediate environs of such stream except as provided”

“The use of perchloroethylene is prohibited.”

“The use of petroleum solvents is prohibited.”

“No energy facility may be located within riparian buffers, nontidal wetlands, and floodplains, each as defined in Chapter 17 of the Albemarle County Code.”

“Energy facilities are not permitted within any large forest block with a score of 4.1 or greater as shown on 'Map 2: Ranking the Conservation Value of Large Forest Blocks' in the Biodiversity Action Plan.”

“By-right projects must not disturb more than ten acres in the aggregate of habitat cores, forest blocks, or corridors connecting habitat areas.”

“No heat or heated air shall be discharged such that a temperature increase of one degree Fahrenheit (1° F) or greater is measurable at or beyond the closest boundary line of an abutting lot.”

“No electrical disturbance generated from a use of an industrial character shall adversely affect any activity, including the use of any machinery or equipment, on any other lot.”

“Vents, chimney stacks and other devices for emitting heat or heated air from a building shall be oriented away from abutting lots within the rural areas (RA) or any residential zoning district.”

“Vents, chimney stacks and other devices for emitting heat or heated air from a building shall be oriented away from abutting lots within the rural areas (RA) or any residential zoning district.”

“No energy facility may be located within riparian buffers, nontidal wetlands, and floodplains, each as defined in Chapter 17 of the Albemarle County Code.”

“All ground-mounted solar energy facilities with a fenced area of two acres or greater must obtain Gold Certified Virginia Pollinator Smart status within three years of issuance of a building permit.”

“Energy facilities are not permitted within any large forest block with a score of 4.1 or greater as shown on 'Map 2: Ranking the Conservation Value of Large Forest Blocks' in the Biodiversity Action Plan.”

“By-right projects must not disturb more than ten acres in the aggregate of habitat cores, forest blocks, or corridors connecting habitat areas, as these features are identified in the Comprehensive Plan/Biodiversity Action Plan, except that the Board of Supervisors may permit disturbance of more than ten acres by special exception.”