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Surry County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 3-1202, 3-1203

All Surry County Unincorporated districts0

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMIN LOT AREA10 acMAX DENSITY3 du/acMIN OPEN SPACE15%
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.
435,600 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000. (10 acacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.)

Density

Maximum density
3 du/acredu/acreDwelling units per acre — the number of homes allowed on each acre of land.

Height & bulk

Minimum open spaceOpen spaceLand a development must leave unbuilt, sometimes required to be usable or planted.
15%

Uses

Permitted by right71

From the ordinance

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.
Sec. 3-1202, 3-1203