Showing ordinances that apply to Goose Creek Village, VA
Goose Creek Village is an unincorporated community (population 2,298) in Loudoun County, Virginia. Because Goose Creek Village is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Loudoun County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The brush clearance rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Loudoun County has no statutory defensible space mandate but Virginia Department of Forestry enforces fire prevention statewide. Western Loudoun's wooded AR zones face elevated spring/fall fire risk.
Loudoun County has no blanket defensible space requirement like Western US states, but property owners in the wooded rural AR (Agricultural Rural) and TR (Transitional Rural) zones of western and central Loudoun should maintain vegetation clearance around structures. The Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) provides wildfire mitigation guidance and may require action on properties adjacent to state forests including Sky Meadows State Park buffer and G.R. Thompson Wildlife Management Area. Loudoun's Blue Ridge foothills (Bluemont, Round Hill, Hillsboro, Purcellville west) face elevated spring (Feb-Apr) and fall (Oct-Nov) wildfire risk under VA 4 PM Law. Code enforcement addresses overgrowth under Chapter 612 nuisance provisions.
Property maintenance violation: $100-$500. County abatement billed to owner. Negligent wildfire spread: criminal liability and civil restitution for suppression costs.
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