Surry County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 1-501.1
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum total utility-scale solar acreage10,695 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
total approved utility-scale solar generation facilities shall not exceed seven percent of developable land within the county or 10,695 acres in total
- Maximum utility-scale solar as percentage of developable land7 pct
shall not exceed seven percent of developable land
- Centroid distance to high-voltage transmission lines1 mile
the centroid of such facilities shall be within one-mile of existing high-voltage electric transmission lines
From the ordinance
In order to preserve and protect the county's rural ambiance and its agricultural and forestal lands, the board of supervisors determined that the total approved utility-scale solar generation facilities shall not exceed seven percent of developable land within the county or 10,695 acres in total. Land calculation is based on the entire acreage for parcel seeking a conditional use permit. Siting agreements between the county and the developer shall be required. In addition, the centroid of such facilities shall be within one-mile of existing high-voltage electric transmission lines. Such facilities are permitted only in the (M-1) Light Industrial and the (M-2) General Industrial Zoning Districts.