Surry

The following districts are created as special overlay districts to be superimposed on the base districts established in [subsection] A. above.

If, because of error or omission in the zoning district map or any adjustments in boundary lines or areas designated as unincorporated, any property in the jurisdiction of this ordinance is not shown as being in a zoning district, such property shall be classified A-R, Agricultural-Rural Residence District until changed by the board of supervisors in accordance with this ordinance.

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Maximum height 75 ft; no minimum setbacks; minimum district size 500 acres; screening required to avoid visual impact on neighboring properties, James River, or historic sites.

Minimum district size: 500 acres of contiguous land. The maximum height of any structure shall be 75 feet.

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Maximum gross density 3 du/ac; minimum common open space 15%; minimum district size 10 acres; open space bonus up to 25%.

Minimum district size: Ten acres of contiguous land. Maximum gross density: Three dwelling units per acre. Minimum common open space and/or recreational areas: 15 percent of the gross area of the PD district. Maximum area for commercial and/or office uses: 20 percent of the gross area of the PD.

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The provisions of this district shall apply to all of those area designated on the official zoning maps as HP, Historic Preservation District.

The HP district is a special overlay district. Permitted uses determined by underlying base zoning. No building constructed or altered without approval of board of historic and architectural review.

The following minor exemptions shall not require board of review approval... No historic landmark, building or structure within a HP Historic District shall be razed or demolished until approved by the board of supervisors.

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At a minimum, resource protection areas shall consist of lands adjacent to water bodies with perennial flow...The resource protection area shall include: 1. Tidal wetlands; 2. Nontidal wetlands connected by surface flow and contiguous to tidal wetlands or water bodies with perennial flow; 3. Tidal shores; 4. Such other lands considered by Surry County to meet the provisions...

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

Any development or redevelopment exceeding 2,500 square feet of land disturbance in the CBPA shall be accomplished through a plan of development process prior to any clearing or grading of the site or the issuance of any building permit.

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These provisions shall apply to all privately and publicly owned lands within the jurisdiction of Surry County, Virginia and identified as areas of special flood hazard according to the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) that is provided to the County of Surry, Virginia by FEMA.

Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis... that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels within the community during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.

Until a regulatory floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements, or other development (including fill) shall be permitted within the areas of special flood hazard, designated as Zones A1—30 and AE or AH on the FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect of the proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development, will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point within the County of Surry, Virginia.