Claremont, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 3-1101, 3-1102, 3-1103
TechnologyAll Claremont districts0
Dimensional standards
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built.
- 21,780,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (500 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)
Height & bulk
Housing
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Large contiguous areas in close proximity to high-capacity electric generation and transmission facilities, natural gas lines, and navigable waterways; minimize conflicts with residential uses
Uses
Permitted by right16
- Utility service/minor
- Business or trade school
- Educational facility
- Science and technology center
- Research, experimental, and technology center
- Construction office, temporary
- Office, general
- Contractor's yard
- Data warehouse center
- Energy storage facility
- Flex industrial
- Laboratory
- Outdoor storage, construction material (temporary)
- Renewable energy generation facility
- Warehousing and distribution
- Water storage tank
Conditional / special use7
Accessory1
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Exterior lighting impact
Exterior lighting in the ET district must be established with minimal impact to neighboring properties and the regional skyline.
Noise
- Noise mitigation
A narrative addressing the noise that is expected to emanate from the uses in the district and a preliminary description of measures to be taken to mitigate noise
Other
- Hazard mitigation plan
A hazard mitigation plan which must be approved by Surry County's Chief of Emergency Management
- Screening requirement
all structures must be sufficiently screened... such that structures will not create a material-adverse visual impact on neighboring properties, the James River, or historic sites
From the ordinance
The purpose of the emerging technologies (ET) district is to permit master planned developments... Minimum district size: 500 acres of contiguous land. The maximum height of any structure shall be 75 feet.