Surry

The board of supervisors, planning commission or board of zoning appeals may require any applicant for a special exception, or a conditional use permit, amendment to the zoning ordinance or variance to make complete a disclosure of the equitable ownership of the real estate to be affected

No member of the board of supervisors, planning commission, board of zoning appeals, or board of historic and architectural review shall participate in the deliberations or vote on any ordinance, resolution, motion, or other proceedings involving any matter in which he, a member of his immediate family, his partner or agent has a financial interest other than as an owner of not more than five percent of the stock of a corporation, or as a citizen of the county.

Any lot of record that is nonconforming because it has no public street frontage may be developed, or an existing structure on the lot may be expanded, provided the county reviews and grants a special exception permit for the proposed development, expansion, and use in accord with the standards and procedures contained in section 1-304 of this ordinance. This provision shall not apply to the use and development of such parcels for any agricultural and forestry use type.

In a residence district where any sign does not comply with the provisions of this ordinance, such sign and any supporting structures may be maintained but shall not be replaced, reconstructed, moved, structurally altered, or relighted except in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance and may continue in use unless subject to removal under other provisions of this ordinance.

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.

Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area (CBPA). Any land designated by Surry County pursuant to Part III (9 VAC 25-830-70 et seq.) of the Chesapeake Bay Area Designation and Management Regulations and § 62.1-44.15:74 of the Act. A Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area shall consist of a resource protection area and a resource management area.

Floodplain means all lands that would be inundated by flood water as a result of a storm event of a 100-year return interval.

Accessory building or structure. A building or structure detached from a main building on the same lot (except as otherwise provided in this ordinance) and customarily incidental and subordinate to the main building or use.

Building coverage. That percentage of a lot which when viewed from above would be covered by a structure or any part thereof excluding roof eaves.

Building, height of. The vertical distance from the average established curb grade or from the average level of the finished grade at the front building line, if higher, to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof, or to the deck line or highest point of coping or parapet of a mansard roof, or to the mean height level between eaves and ridge for gable, hip, shed, and gambrel roofs.

Conditional use. A conditional use is a use that, because of special requirements or characteristics, may be allowed in a particular zoning district only after review and recommendation by the planning commission and the granting of conditional use approval by the board of supervisors imposing such conditions as necessary to make the use compatible with other uses permitted in the same zone or vicinity.

Family. One or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption, or under approved foster care, or a group of not more than five persons (including servants) living together as a single dwelling unit.

Garage, private. A building, accessory or attached, used for storage purposes only and having a capacity of not more than four automobiles and a floor area of not more than 900 square feet or not more than two automobiles per family housed in the building to which the garage is accessory, whichever is the greater.

Density. The number of dwelling units that may be constructed per acre based upon the lot area.

Dwelling. A building or portion thereof, designed or used exclusively for residential occupancy, but not including boats, recreational vehicles, hotels, motels, motor lodges, tourist courts, or tourist homes.

Dwelling unit. A room or group of rooms occupied or intended to be occupied as separate living quarters by a single family or other group of persons living together as a household or by a person living alone and having its own permanently installed cooking and sanitary facilities.

Frontage. The linear measurement in feet of the front property line abutting a street.

Buildable area. The area of that part of the lot not included within the yards or "open spaces" herein required.

Buildable width. The width of that part of a lot not included within the open spaces herein required.

Alley. A public or private way less than 30 feet in width and affording secondary means of access to abutting property.