Surry
Zoning districts
11 districts, grouped by category.
Commercial
4- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 38
- Min lot
- 30,000 sq ft (0.69 ac)
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 15
General Commercial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 45 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 63
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
- 70 ft
- Front setback
- 75 ft
- Permitted uses
- 29
Heavy Industrial District
- Min lot
- 40,000 sq ft (0.92 ac)
- Max height
- 70 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
Industrial District 2
- Front setback
- 75 ft
General provisions
270 rules that bind every district rather than one — sign regulations, parking, floodplain and the rest of the code’s citywide chapters.
Shooting range: fenced, sheriff approval, min 300 ft from firing point to property line, 200 ft with backstop, 100 ft from adjoining property.
Minimum distance from firing point to nearest property line 300 ft, 200 ft with backstop, and no firing point within 100 ft of adjoining property line.
Turkey shoot: min site 3 acres, firing line 100 ft from public road, 600 ft to adjacent property, shotguns only, no discharge 9:30pm-7am, permit 60 days.
A turkey shoot shall be on a site of not less than three acres. Firing line at least 100 ft from public road, 600 ft to adjacent property, shotguns only, hours 7am-9:30pm, permit 60 days.
Windmills: setback 40% of height from residential, in R-1/R-2 max 60 ft by right, >60 ft require special exception, in other districts max 125 ft by right, >125 ft require special exception, multiple windmills require CUP.
Windmills on structures of less than 125 feet shall be permitted by right. Windmills on structures of 125 feet or greater shall require a special exception permit.
Windmills on structures of less than 60 feet shall be permitted by right. Windmills on structures of 60 feet or greater shall require a special exception permit.
The following includes those areas that shall, at a minimum, be preserved as undeveloped open space... Land located in the 100-year floodplain... Steep slopes in excess of 30 percent...
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...
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.
All spaces for disabled parking shall have minimum dimensions of 13 feet by 20 feet.
the required spaces may be located and maintained not to exceed 300 feet from an institutional building or other non-residential building served.
New parking spaces that require backing out onto a public road shall be prohibited.
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.
Each stacking space shall be a minimum of ten feet by 20 feet.
The maximum slope of any required buffer yard shall be 2:1. (Horizontal : Vertical).
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.
The following types of signs shall be prohibited in Surry County: Pennants, banners, streamers... Any flashing signs. Any sign located on the roof of a building...
A name plate or directional sign, limited in area to two square feet... No trespassing or no hunting signs... limited in area to four square feet. Signs of a noncommercial nature... provided the area of the sign does not exceed 32 square feet.
Signs in Agricultural Rural (AR) and Agricultural Limited (AL) zoning districts shall not exceed 16 square feet in size and six feet in height.
Source documents
The chapters of the adopted code that were retrieved, read and extracted from. Everything above traces back to one of these.