Claremont
Zoning districts
10 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
4Local Business District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
- Max height
- 30 ft
- Permitted uses
- 14
Commercial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 45
General Commercial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 63
Industrial
4Light Industrial District
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
Heavy Industrial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 34
Light Industrial District
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
Heavy Industrial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 34
General provisions
297 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Each stacking space shall be a minimum of ten feet by 20 feet. Approach lanes for drive-through facilities shall have the following minimum widths: One lane = 12 feet. Two or more lanes = Ten feet per lane. All drive-through facilities shall be provided with a bypass lane with a minimum width of ten feet.
The maximum slope of any required buffer yard shall be 2:1. (Horizontal : Vertical).
The maximum slope of any required buffer yard shall be 2:1. Storage yards shall be screened ... to a height of at least six feet and no higher than eight feet. Required evergreen shrubs shall have a minimum height of 18 inches at the time of planting. These shrubs shall have an ultimate height of not less than six feet at maturity. They shall be planted five feet on center or less.
A Type A buffer yard shall only be required for all commercial and industrial use types when a single-family residence is located on an adjacent lot within 100 feet of the property boundary.
No sign, unless herein excepted, shall be erected, constructed, posted, painted, altered, maintained, or relocated, except as otherwise provided in this article, until a permit has been issued by the administrator.
The following types of signs shall be prohibited in Surry County: 1. Pennants, banners, streamers, wind-sail signs and all other fluttering spinning or similar type signs and advertising devices. 2. Any flashing signs.
The following types of signs shall be prohibited in Surry County: Pennants, banners, streamers, wind-sail signs and all other fluttering spinning or similar type signs and advertising devices.
A name plate or directional sign, limited in area to two square feet, to identify the owner or occupant of dwelling or building or a permitted home occupation.
The following signs are exempted from the provisions of these regulations and may be erected or constructed without a permit but in accordance with the structural and safety requirements of the building code.
no detached sign shall exceed a height of 15 feet.
Except as otherwise provided, these regulations shall be interpreted to permit one sign of each permitted type, in accordance with applicable regulations, for each street frontage, for each permitted use on the premises.
A sign, limited in area to 12 square feet, advertising products raised or made on the premises. A sign, limited in area to 12 square feet, for identification of a farm or estate or a subdivision or its occupants. A sign, limited in area to 32 square feet, for a church bulletin board or identification of permitted public or semi-public uses, wildlife reservations, recreational uses, or clubs.
A sign, limited in area to 32 square feet, for a church bulletin board or identification of permitted public or semi-public uses, wildlife reservations, recreational uses, or clubs. Projecting signs, if there are no marquee or detached signs, one for each business on the premises, with sign area limited to 12 square feet.
Off-premises signs shall only be permitted in commercial or industrial districts. Such signs shall be limited in area to no more than 288 square feet. Digital display, or rotating or any other displays that change messages shall be prohibited.
Except as otherwise allowed by this ordinance, off-premises signs shall be require a conditional use permit in accordance with section 1-502 and shall comply with the following requirements:
The intensity at adjoining streets or residential properties shall not exceed 0.5 foot candles. No lighting fixture pole shall exceed a height of 15 feet in an R-1 or R-2 Residence District or 30 feet in a B-1 or B-2 Local Business District.
All exterior lighting fixtures shall be designed, located and arranged so as not to direct glare on adjoining streets or residential properties. The intensity at adjoining streets or residential properties shall not exceed 0.5 foot candles.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.