Surry

P = Permitted; S = Requires a Special Use Permit; C = Requires a Conditional Use Permit.

A buffer area not less than 100 feet in width located adjacent to and landward of the components... The RMA includes all remaining areas of Surry County which are located within the James River Watershed.

No sign, unless herein excepted, shall be erected, constructed, posted, painted, altered, maintained, or relocated, except as otherwise provided in this article, until a permit has been issued by the administrator.

The various special flood hazard districts shall include the SFHAs. The basis for the delineation of these districts shall be the FIS and the FIRM for Surry County, Virginia prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Insurance Administration, dated April 6, 2022 and any subsequent revisions or amendments thereto.

General supplementary regulations including street frontage, height modifications, yards, sight triangles, prohibited uses, change in use, accessory uses.

Development of the site shall be based on the results of a site analysis... To the maximum extent practicable, development shall be located to preserve the natural features of the site...

Unless otherwise provided in the supplementary regulations, all civic and commercial uses shall provide a Type A buffer when adjacent to a single-family residence. A buffer yard shall only be required when a single-family residence is located on an adjacent lot within 100 feet of the property or zoning boundary of the property zoned B-1, B-2, or M-1.

Resource protection area (RPA) buffer. A 100-foot wide area of existing or established vegetation within the RPA that protects other components of the RPA and state waters from significant degradation associated with land disturbances.

Substantial alteration. Expansion or modification of a building or development that would result in a disturbance of land exceeding an area of 2,500 square feet in the resource management area only.

Accessory structures not to exceed 600 square feet.

This ordinance shall apply to all properties within the unincorporated areas of Surry County, Virginia, including any property within the county that may be assessed in an adjoining jurisdiction.

The administrator may grant an administrative variance from the interior side yard, front yard, and rear yard requirements of this ordinance for single-family dwellings and nonprofit uses, and their accessory structures; provided that no such variance is greater than 50 percent of the requirement contained in this ordinance.

This category of uses known as special exception is established in recognition that in addition to uses permitted by right, certain uses may be compatible with existing and future uses in a district, depending upon their scale, design, location, and conditions imposed by the BZA, as specified in article III, District regulations, of this ordinance. In addition, the following uses and activities may be allowed with approval of a special exception: 1. A garage or other building accessory to a single-family dwelling which building does not comply with the regulations of the district in which it is located. 2. Extension of a nonconforming use in a building so as to increase floor area by not more than 25 percent. 3. Temporary uses and structures in any district not specifically listed in the regulations for and determined by the board to be in the public interest for the district in which located; provided that such uses be of a temporary nature and do not involve the erection of substantial buildings. Such use or structure shall be authorized by the issuance of a temporary and revocable permit for not more than a 24-month period subject to such conditions as will safeguard the public health, safety and welfare.

General procedural and nonconforming use standards.

The board of zoning appeals (BZA) shall have the power to grant variances in the yard lot area and other dimensional requirements in any district so as to relieve practical difficulties or particular hardships... Variances for a use, principal or accessory, shall be prohibited.

The procedures and standards contained in this section shall apply to all uses specifically permitted as conditional uses in the district regulations found elsewhere in this ordinance. ... No conditional use permit shall be issued except upon a finding of the board that in addition to conformity with any standards set forth in article IV, Use and design standards, the proposed conditional use conforms with the following general standards: ...

In order to preserve and protect the county's rural ambiance and its agricultural and forestal lands, the board of supervisors determined that the total approved utility-scale solar generation facilities shall not exceed seven percent of developable land within the county or 10,695 acres in total. ... the centroid of such facilities shall be within one-mile of existing high-voltage electric transmission lines. Such facilities are permitted only in the (M-1) Light Industrial and the (M-2) General Industrial Zoning Districts. ... Such vegetative buffers shall be a minimum of 300 feet surrounding all utility-scale projects. Supplemental plantings must reach a minimum height canopy of 20 feet within ten years.

The administrator shall not accept any amendment application for a lot or parcel that does not comply with the minimum lot area, width, or frontage requirements of the requested zoning district.

In accordance with the authority granted to Surry County pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2298, as amended, the owner of property for which an amendment is requested may voluntarily proffer in writing reasonable conditions, in addition to the applicable regulations for the requested zoning district.

Before an application may be heard at any public hearing, a complete and accurate list of the names and addresses of the owners of all the lands adjoining and within a radius of 200 feet of the property affected by such application shall be prepared by the administrator.