Surry County Unincorporated, Virginia · District
R-2
Residential District
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Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- R-2 Residential DistrictZoning districtA mapped area with one set of rules, identified by a code like R-1 or B-2.
Uses
Permitted by right20
- Greenhouse, Private
- Roadside Stand
- Stable, Private
- Accessory Apartment
- Dwelling, Single-Family, Detached
- Family Day Care Home
- Group Home
- Home Occupation, Community
- Kennel, Private
- Temporary Emergency Housing
- Cemetery
- Community Center
- Community Recreation
- Park and Ride Facility
- Public Park and Recreational Area
- Religious Assembly
- Utility Service/Minor
- Real Estate Office, Temporary
- Studio, Fine Arts
- Amateur Radio Tower
Conditional / special use18
- Dwelling, Multifamily Conversion
- Manufactured Home, Class A
- Manufactured Home, Temporary Residence
- Windmill
- Condominium
- Dwelling, Single Family, Attached
- Dwelling, Two-Family
- Multifamily Dwelling
- Townhouse
- Crisis Center
- Day Care Center
- Educational Facility
- Public Facilities
- Utility Service/Major
- Convenience Store
- Marina
- Restaurant, General
- Alternate Discharge Sewage System
Prohibited3
- Construction machinery parked overnight unless incidental to improving premises
- Manufactured home used for storage or non-dwelling purpose (except accessory to farm)
- Shipping container used for storage or non-dwelling purpose
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Construction machinery overnight parking
No construction machinery or similar equipment shall be parked overnight unless incidental to improving premises.
Except as accessory to a farm, no manufactured home shall be used for storage or other non-dwelling purpose.
- Maximum windmill heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. by rightBy rightPermitted outright: if the plans meet the written rules, permission cannot be withheld.60 ft
Windmills on structures of less than 60 feet permitted by right.
- RV/watercraft setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property lines5 ft
Located at least five feet from all property lines.
- Shipping container storage
No shipping container shall be used for storage or other non-dwelling purposes.
- HeightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. requiring special exception60 ft
Windmills on structures of 60 feet or greater require special exception permit.
- RV/watercraft storage location
Recreational vehicles and watercraft stored out-of-doors in rear or side yards only.
From the ordinance
Same as R-1: prohibited uses, RV storage, windmill height thresholds.