Surry County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 3-1516(A)1

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Areas within the floodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. capable of carrying the one percent annual chance flood without increasing water surface elevation more than one foot at any point. No delineated floodways in Surry County.

Uses

Prohibited1

  • manufactured homes (except in existing manufactured home parks or subdivisions)

Extracted standards

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

Floodplain

  • CLOMR for increased flood levels

    Development activities which increase water surface elevation may be allowed only after obtaining a conditional letter of map revision (CLOMR) with FEMA approval.

  • Placement of manufactured homes is prohibited except in an existing manufactured home park or subdivision; replacement homes allowed if standards met.

  • No encroachment without analysis

    No encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless demonstrated no increase in flood levels.

From the ordinance

Within any floodway area, no encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements, or other development shall be permitted unless it has been demonstrated through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that the proposed encroachment will not result in any increase in flood levels.
Sec. 3-1516(A)1