Showing ordinances that apply to University Center, VA
University Center is an unincorporated community (population 3,969) in Loudoun County, Virginia. Because University Center is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Loudoun County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The coastal development rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Loudoun County is not a coastal locality — it lies 90+ miles inland from the Atlantic and is not subject to the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program or tidal water regulations. The county does have the Potomac River as a northern boundary (non-tidal above Great Falls) and participates in the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act through Ord. Ch. 1220 which imposes 100-ft Resource Protection Area (RPA) buffers along perennial streams. No sea-level rise planning applies. No Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) jurisdiction.
Loudoun County is located in the Piedmont region of Northern Virginia and is not a coastal jurisdiction. The Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program (VCZMP) under NOAA's federal Coastal Zone Management Act applies only to 29 coastal localities in Tidewater/Hampton Roads/Northern Neck Virginia; Loudoun is NOT on that list. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) governs tidal waters and subaqueous bottomland — not applicable in Loudoun since the Potomac River along Loudoun's northern boundary is non-tidal (above Great Falls / Chain Bridge). Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act does apply (VA Code §10.1-2100 et seq.) through Loudoun Codified Ordinances Chapter 1220; this designates Resource Protection Areas (RPAs) as 100-foot buffers along perennial streams, tributaries to the Potomac (Goose Creek, Broad Run, Catoctin Creek, Sugarland Run), and the Potomac itself. RPA development restrictions: no new impervious surface without exception; tree removal limited; septic setbacks enhanced; agricultural best management practices required. Resource Management Areas (RMAs) extend 100 ft beyond the RPA with lesser restrictions. Sea-level rise planning: not applicable in Loudoun's elevation (200-800 ft ASL). Flooding concerns addressed through floodplain (FEMA) regulations, not coastal. Reservoirs (Beaverdam, W. E. Doyle) have watershed protection. Virginia Scenic Rivers program designates the Goose Creek as a Virginia Scenic River under VA Code §10.1-400.
N/A — no coastal regulations. Related RPA violations (Ch. 1220): up to $32,500/day (VA §62.1-44.15:74). Unauthorized stream disturbance: Army Corps Section 404 permit + VDEQ fines.
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