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Surry, Virginia · District

C-2

General Commercial District
CommercialAll Surry districts0

Dimensional standards

C-2 lot requirementsSTREETbuildable areaFront 75 ftRear 25 ftSide 0 ftMin width 200 ftMIN LOT AREA40,000 sq ftMIN FRONTAGE200 ftMAX HEIGHT45 ft / 2.5 stories
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Lot

Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
40,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (0.92 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Minimum lot widthLot widthHow wide a lot must be, usually measured at the front setback line.
200 ft
Minimum frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.
200 ft

SetbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.

FrontSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
75 ft
RearSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
25 ft
SideSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
0 ft

Height & bulk

Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
45 ft
Maximum storiesStoreysHabitable floor levels. Whether a basement or attic counts is defined by the local code.
2.5

Uses

Permitted by right63

Conditional / special use14

Extracted standards

1 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

From the ordinance

Minimum lot area: 40,000 square feet... Minimum lot width: 200 feet... Maximum building height: Two and one-half stories but not to exceed 45 feet... Minimum front yard setbacks: On primary highway: 75 feet... Minimum side yard setback: None, but a buffer yard is required on lots adjacent to residential and agricultural zoning districts... Minimum rear yard setback: All structures: 25 feet
Sec. 3-802, 3-803, 3-804