Suffolk, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 31-409(b)(2)

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Transfer of Development Rights program; sending areas include AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. Preservation Sending Areas (zoned A, RR, or RE) and Critical Area Sending Areas (any zoning districtZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.).

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • One hundred percent (100%) of the development potential may be transferred.

  • If the receiver site is designated for commercial uses, each Development Right may be used to increase the intensity of the commercial use up to 130 percent (130%) of the maximum floor area ratio prescribed in Section 31-407, Table 407-1.

  • Critical Area transferable development potential50 pct

    Fifty percent (50%) of the development potential may be transferred.

  • Deed restriction required for transfer

    No Development Right shall increase the intensity or density of the use of a parcel within a Receiving District until the owner of the transferor parcel has recorded a deed in the chain of title of the transferor parcel expressly restricting the use of the land in perpetuity to open space, agricultural lands (excluding feedlots/concentrated animal feeding operations) or street/road right-of-way.

  • No increase in density for a parcel in a receiving district shall be established unless and until a Conditional Use Permit is approved in accordance with Section 31-306 of this Ordinance.

  • Sending area restrictions after transfer

    After development rights have been transferred as provided in this Section, the parcel in the Sending Area: (i) Shall not be subdivided; (ii) Shall only be used for agricultural uses (excluding concentrated animal feeding operations, concentrated aquatic animal production facilities, or concentrated confined animal feeding operations) or passive open space.

From the ordinance

Parcels located in the following zoning districts and which meet the following criteria may transfer development rights in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Subsection: (i) Agricultural Preservation Sending Areas. Any parcel, or portion of a parcel, which: a. Is zoned A, RR or RE; and b. The agricultural land is rated as Prime Farmland...
Sec. 31-409(b)(2)