Surry County Unincorporated

The excavations shall be confined to areas distant at least 50 feet from all adjoining property lines...

No scrap and salvage service (junkyard, salvage yard or automotive wrecking yard or graveyard) shall hereafter be established with any portion of its area within 200 feet of a public street, road or highway.

The residence is located more than 300 feet from an existing or proposed public sewer line, or when 300 feet or less, is otherwise unable to connect to public sewer due to topography or other physical constraint.

The maximum height permitted by right for an amateur radio tower shall be 200 feet.

The minimum setback from any property line abutting a road right-of-way for any other building or structure associated with a broadcasting tower shall be 50 feet and in all other instances shall be no less than 25 feet.

Where more than 2,000 people are anticipated to attend an outdoor gathering, in addition to providing a detailed plan for the above items, the applicant shall provide executed contracts for the provision of the essential services and provisions cited above, and shall obtain a special use permit from the board of zoning appeals.

The purpose of requiring a conditional use permit is to ensure consistency with the Comprehensive Plan and appropriate land use.

The minimum distance from any firing point measured in the direction of fire to the nearest property line shall not be less than 300 feet.

A turkey shoot shall be on a site of not less than three acres.

The minimum setback requirement from the base of the pole or tower to any residential structure on an adjoining lot shall be at least equal to 40 percent of the height of the tower.

Development of the site shall be based on the results of a site analysis... To the maximum extent practicable, development shall be located to preserve the natural features of the site, to avoid areas of environmental sensitivity, to preserve historic structures and to minimize negative impacts and alteration of natural features.

The following uses and activities shall be expressly exempt from submitting a plot plan or site plan required under article V of this ordinance: Bona-fide agricultural activities and uses, other than confined animal feeding operations; Silvicultural activities, other than a permanent sawmill.

A residential plot plan, in compliance with the following, shall be submitted for the construction or expansion of all single-family detached dwellings or two-family dwellings on an existing or platted lot, including accessory buildings and structures.

A simplified site plan may be submitted for a change or expansion of a commercial, civic, office or industrial use on an existing site, unless it meets one or more of the criteria below, which will then require submission of a site plan in accordance with section 5-205.

For all other uses and activities a preliminary site plan shall be submitted and approved by the county. For any use that requires a conditional use approval, a preliminary site plan shall be submitted with the application.

When a building includes a combination of uses as set forth in this section, the required parking will be the sum of the required parking for each use. Where the parking requirement for a particular use is not defined, the administrator shall determine the number of spaces.

When any building or structure is hereafter erected or structurally altered, or any building or structure hereafter erected is converted, accessory off-street parking spaces shall be provided as follows...

All spaces for disabled parking shall have minimum dimensions of 13 feet by 20 feet.

New parking spaces that require backing out onto a public road shall be prohibited. ... parking spaces in gravel or similarly surfaced parking lots shall be ten feet wide by 20 feet long.

a loading space is a space within the main building or on the same lot, providing for the standing, loading, or unloading of trucks, having minimum area of 540 square feet, minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum depth of 35 feet, and a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet.