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Surry, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 4-709

Vehicle SalesAll Surry districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA1 ac
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.
43,560 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (1 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Extracted standards

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

Other

  • Buffer when adjoining R-1/R-2

    When adjoining a R-1 or R-2 Residence District, a Type C buffer yard in accordance with section 5-400 shall be provided along the property line which adjoins the residential district.

  • Repair or removal time30 days

    Units not in usable condition shall be repaired or removed from the premises within 30 days.

  • Screen heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft

    Any unit not in usable condition shall be kept in a storage yard separated from the display area by a continuous visual screen with a maximum height of eight feet.

  • Units in usable condition

    All units displayed for sale shall be in usable condition and no units shall be placed or stored in a required front yard.

From the ordinance

Minimum lot size = One acre. All units displayed for sale shall be in usable condition and no units shall be placed or stored in a required front yard.
Sec. 4-709