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Zoning districts
12 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
4Local Business District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
Commercial
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
General Commercial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 63
Industrial
4Light Industrial District
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
Heavy Industrial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 34
Light Industrial District
- Max height
- 30 ft
General provisions
387 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
the required spaces may be located and maintained not to exceed 300 feet from an institutional building or other non-residential building served.
New parking spaces that require backing out onto a public road shall be prohibited.
a loading space is a space within the main building or on the same lot, providing for the standing, loading, or unloading of trucks, having minimum area of 540 square feet, minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum depth of 35 feet, and a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet.
having minimum area of 540 square feet, minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum depth of 35 feet, and a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet.
Each stacking space shall be a minimum of ten feet by 20 feet.
Each stacking space shall be a minimum of ten feet by 20 feet.
The maximum slope of any required buffer yard shall be 2:1. (Horizontal : Vertical).
The maximum slope of any required buffer yard shall be 2:1. Required evergreen shrubs shall have a minimum height of 18 inches...
A Type A buffer yard shall only be required for all commercial and industrial use types when a single-family residence is located on an adjacent lot within 100 feet of the property boundary.
The following types of signs shall be prohibited in Surry County: 1. Pennants, banners, streamers, wind-sail signs and all other fluttering spinning or similar type signs and advertising devices. 2. Any flashing signs. 3. Any sign located on the roof of a building...
The following types of signs shall be prohibited in Surry County: 1. Pennants, banners, streamers, wind-sail signs and all other fluttering spinning or similar type signs and advertising devices. 2. Any flashing signs. 3. Any sign located on the roof of a building...
A name plate or directional sign, limited in area to two square feet, to identify the owner or occupant of dwelling or building or a permitted home occupation.
The following signs are exempted from the provisions of these regulations and may be erected or constructed without a permit but in accordance with the structural and safety requirements of the building code: 1. Official traffic signs... 2. A name plate or directional sign, limited in area to two square feet... 3. No trespassing or no hunting signs... 4. Changing of the copy on a bulletin board... 5. Signs of a noncommercial nature... provided the area of the sign does not exceed 32 square feet. 6. Real estate advertising signs... 7. Construction site or development project identification signs... 8. Political campaign signs... 9. Non-illuminated signs, not exceeding ten square feet in area... 10. Sign on a truck, bus, or other vehicle... 11. National flags... 12. Directional signs... 13. Signs one square foot or less in area.
no detached sign shall exceed a height of 15 feet.
Except as otherwise provided, any sign may be a wall, freestanding, or projecting sign, and, except as otherwise provided, no detached sign shall exceed a height of 15 feet. Signs of permitted types and sign area may be placed on walls of buildings other than the front except on side or rear walls facing, and within 100 feet of, an R-1 or R-2 Residence District. Unless otherwise specified in these regulations, all signs shall comply with the yard requirements of the district in which they are located, provided that one sign, may occupy required yards in a district where such sign is permitted by these regulations, if such sign is not more than 32 square feet in area, and other requirements of these regulations are compiled with.
Signs in the R-1 district. 1. A sign, limited in area to 12 square feet advertising products raised or made on the premises. 2. A sign, limited in area to 12 square feet for identification of farm or estate or a subdivision or its occupants. 3. A sign, limited in area to 32 square feet, for a church bulletin board or identification of permitted public or semi-public uses, wildlife reservations, recreational uses, or clubs. 4. Signs at appropriate locations, on or off the premises, for direction of the traveling public, truck deliveries and employees to an activity or event, a church, school, historic place, subdivision or community, a construction site or excavation, airport, or other center of employment or visitor center, marina or recreation facility in an isolated area of the county, limited in area to 32 square feet and subject to approval of location, design and wording, by the administrator. This permitted sign is not intended as an ordinary advertising device.
Signs in the B-1 district. 1. Wall signs, with total aggregate sign area not more than ten percent of the area of walls fronting on a street and no one sign with a sign area of more than 60 square feet. 2. Projecting signs, if there are no marquee or freestanding signs, one for each business on the premises, with sign area limited to 12 square feet. 3. Freestanding signs, if there are no projecting signs, limited in area to 32 square feet and limited in height to 20 feet, one for each business on the premises. 4. Marquee signs, if there are no projecting signs, two for each business on the premises, with sign area for each sign limited to three square feet. 5. Temporary, non-illuminated paper signs in show windows, limited to 20 percent of the total glass area of the window in which they are placed.
Signs in the B-2 district. 1. Wall signs, with total aggregate sign area not more than ten percent of the area of walls fronting on a street and no one sign with a sign area of more than 200 square feet. 2. Projecting signs, if there are no marquee or freestanding signs, one for each business on the premises, with sign area limited to 40 square feet. 3. Freestanding signs, if there are no projecting signs, limited in area to 50 square feet and limited in height to 30 feet, one for each business on the premises. 4. Marquee signs, if there are no projecting signs, two for each business on the premises, with sign area for each sign limited to ten square feet. 5. Temporary, non-illuminated paper signs in show windows, limited to 20 percent of the total glass area of the window in which they are placed.
Signs in the M-1 district. 1. Wall signs limited in area to 200 square feet, one for each street frontage or one for each industrial building on the premises. 2. A freestanding sign, limited in area to 100 square feet and limited in height to 30 feet. 3. A sign limited in area to 60 square feet and limited in height to 15 feet giving the name and/or address or management of a planned industrial subdivision.
Signs in the M-2 district. 1. Wall signs, general advertising or otherwise, no limit on number or areas. 2. Projecting signs, if there are not marquee or freestanding signs, one for each business on the premises, with sign area limited to 60 square feet. 3. Freestanding signs, if there are no projecting signs, limited in area to 100 square feet and limited in height to 30 feet, one for each business or industry on the premises. 4. Marquee signs, if there are no projecting signs, two for each business on the premises, with sign area for each sign limited to five square feet. 5. Temporary, non-illuminated paper signs in show windows.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.