FAUQUIER COUNTY SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE

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Amended Subdivision Ordinances of 07/13/12 – 12/13/12
Family Transfers – Amended 12/13/12
Amended Subdivision Ordinances of 01/13/11 – 07/12/12
Amended Subdivision Ordinances of 11/13/09 – 01/13/11
Amended Subdivision Ordinances of 05/15/09 – 11/12/09
Amended Subdivision Ordinances of 10/10/08 – 5/14/09

SECTION 1 - PURPOSE AND INTENT

SECTION 2 - DEFINITIONS (WORDS AND TERMS)

• 2-1 — Agent
• 2-2 — Alley
• 2-3 — Architect
• 2-4 — Building Line
• 2-5 — Commission
• 2-6 — Cul-de-Sac
• 2-6(a) - Dead-End Street
• 2-7 — Developer
• 2-8 — Easement
• 2-9 — Engineer
• 2-9(1) — Floodplain
• 2-10 — Governing Body
• 2-11 — Health Official
• 2-12 — Highway Engineer
• 2-13 — Improvements
• 2-14 — Jurisdiction
• 2-15 — Landscape Architect
• 2-16 — Lot
• 2-17 — Lot, Corner
• 2-18 — Lot, Depth of
• 2-19 — Lot, Double Frontage
• 2-20 — Lot, Interior
• 2-21 — Lot of Record
• 2-22 — Lot, Width of
• 2-23 — Performance Bond
• 2-24 — Plat
• 2-25 — Planner
• 2-26 — Profiles and Specifications
• 2-27 — Property
• 2-28 — Street
• 2-29 — Street Collector
• 2-30 — Street, Rural
• 2-31 — Street, Local
• 2-32 — Street, Major Thoroughfare
• 2-33 — Street, Arterial Highway
• 2-34 — Street, Interstate/Freeway
• 2-35 — Street, Service Drive
• 2-36 — Street Width
• 2-37 — Subdivide
• 2-28 — Subdivider
• 2-39 — Subdivision
• 2-40 — Surveyor
• 2-41 — Central Sewerage and/or Water System

SECTION 3 - ADMINISTRATION

• 3-1 — Agent for Subdivision Administration
• 3-2 — Subdivision Agent May Administratively Approve
• 3-3 — Duties
• 3-4 — Consultations
• 3-5 — Procedures and Policy
• 3-6 — Dedication for Public Use
• 3-7 — Permits

SECTION 4 - PLAT PREPARATIONS, PROCEDURES, GENERAL

• 4-1 — Platting Required
• 4-2 — Private Contracts
• 4-3 — Right-of-Way Additions
• 4-4 — Plat Changes
• 4-5 — Fees
• 4-6 — Mutual Responsibility
• 4-7 — Floodplains and Drainage Courses
• 4-8 — Improvements
• 4-9 — Lot Size
• 4-10 — Flood Control and Drainage Structures
• 4-11 — Sanitary Sewer and Water
• 4-12 — Sub-Standard Subdivisions
• 4-13 — Utility Easements
• 4-14 — Public Water and Sewer
• 4-15 — Fire Protection
• 4-16 — Bonding Requirements
• 4-17 — Certifications Upon Completion of the Improvements
• 4-18 — Lots, Shape
• 4-19 — Location
• 4-20 — Corner Lots
• 4-21 — Side Lot Lines
• 4-22 — Remnants or Outlots
• 4-23 — Separate Ownership
• 4-24 — Blocks
• 4-25 — Width
• 4-26 — Access and Egress
• 4-27 — Variations and Exceptions
• 4-28 — Septic Tank Installation
• 4-29 — Parks, Schools and Public Land
• 4-30 — Payments of Off-Site Improvements
• 4-31 — Optimal Yield
• 4-32 — Hydricsoils

SECTION 5 - STREETS, GENERAL STANDARDS AND DESIGN

• 5-1 — Street Alignment
• 5-2 — Street Layout
• 5-3 — Street Angle
• 5-4 — Street Half
• 5-5 — Street Access
• 5-6 — Street Grade
• 5-7 — Street Width
• 5-8 — Dead-End Streets
• 5-9 — Temporary Cul-de-Sacs
• 5-10 — Alleys
• 5-11 — Reserved Strips
• 5-12 — Service Drives

SECTION 6 - STREET CLASSIFICATION

• 6-1 — Local Street
• 6-2 — Collector Street
• 6-3 — Major Thoroughfare
• 6-4 — Arterial Highway
• 6-5 — Freeway

SECTION 7 - MINIMUM STREET IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED

• 7-1 — Design
• 7-2 — Standards
• 7-3 — Bituminous Concrete
• 7-4 — Surfaces
• 7-5 — 7% Grades
• 7-6 — Drainage
• 7-7 — Surface Courses
• 7-8 — Graded Width
• 7-9 — Pavement Width
• 7-10 — Grades
• 7-11 — Street Names
• 7-12 — Street Identification Signs
• 7-13 — Roadway Cuts
• 7-14 — Permanent Monuments
• 7-15 — Concrete
• 7-16 — Landscaping

SECTION 8 - SPECIAL AREA REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF STREET STANDARDS

• 8-1 — Curb, Gutter and Sidewalk
• 8-2 — Ditch Cross Sections

SECTION 9 - PRELIMINARY PLATS

• 9-1 — Authorization and Purpose
• 9-2 — Pre-Application Conference
• 9-3 — Application and Filing
• 9-4 — Application Review
• 9-5 — Preliminary Plat Requirements
• 9-6 — Planning Commission Decision
• 9-7 — Referral to Board
• 9-8 — Recommendations
• 9-9 — Notification of Commissions or Boards Decision
• 9-10 — No Final Approval Guarantee
• 9-11 — Expiration
• 9-12 — Plans, Profiles and Specifications
• 9-13 — Additional Design and Performance Standards

SECTION 10 - FINAL PLATS AND CONSTRUCTION/INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS

• 10-1 — Applicability
• 10-2 — Pre-application Conference
• 10-3 — Application and Filing
• 10-4 — Application Review
• 10-5 — Final Plat Requirements
• 10-6 — Construction/Infrastructure Plans and Additional Submission Requirements
• 10-7 — Approving Authority and Approval of Final Plats and Construction/Infrastructure Plans
• 10-8 — Final Plat Approvals and Conditions
• 10-9 — Extensions
• 10-10 — Non-Conformance

SECTION 11 - COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER

SECTION 12 - ENFORCEMENT

• 12-1
• 12-2

SECTION 13 - CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS

SECTION 14 - VALIDITY

SECTION 15 - REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES

SECTION 16 - EFFECTIVE DATE

SECTION 17 - GEOMETRIC DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS

SECTION 18 - HYDROGEOLOGIC TESTING

• 18-1 — Central Water Supplies (Public Wells)
• 18-2 — Private Individual Wells
• 18-3 — Submission Requirements
• 18-4 — Review

Date Last Modified: 01/15/2013