Surry County Unincorporated, Virginia · District

A-1

Agricultural District

Dimensional standards

A-1 lot requirementsSTREETFront 100 ftRear 50 ftSide 25 ftMin depth 200 ftMAX HEIGHT35 ft / 2.5 storiesMIN OPEN SPACE50%
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.

Uses

Extracted standards

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

Density bonus

Design

  • Preserve tree lines and minimize development on open fields

    The layout shall be designed to preserve and maintain existing tree lines between fields or meadows, pastures, meadows, orchards, and mature woodlands.

Environmental

  • Protection of floodplains, wetlands, and steep slopes

    All floodplains, wetlands, and steep slopes shall be protected from clearing, grading, filling, or construction, except as may be approved by the Administrator for essential infrastructure.

Other

From the ordinance

The following uses are permitted by right subject to all other applicable requirements contained in this ordinance.
Sec. 3-302 through 3-306