Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Get email alerts on the Planning And Land Use topic

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

County planning staff outlines comprehensive-plan update, recommends adoption and May public hearing

Surry County Board of Supervisors · March 5, 2026
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

Planning and community-development director presented a small comprehensive-plan update that includes future land-use map changes, a solar-overlay district, manufactured housing text required by state law, and two new mixed-use areas; the planning commission unanimously recommended adoption and staff anticipates a May public hearing before the board.

County planning staff presented a comprehensive-plan update focused on revisions to future land-use maps, incorporation of the county's previously adopted solar overlay, and required language on manufactured housing. Staff said the update included two new mixed-use areas (one near Grays Creek marina and another at the intersection of Route 10 and Hog Island) to promote tourism, hospitality and agritourism.

The planning and community-development director reported about 95 public comments were received on the draft; seven resulted in contextual changes and additional clarifying language was added where required. He said the planning commission held a public hearing and voted unanimously to recommend adoption and that staff anticipates scheduling a public hearing before the board in May. "The planning commission made a recommendation to the board, unanimous vote...that the comprehensive plan should be adopted by the board supervisors," the presenter said.

Board members thanked staff for the public engagement work; staff said after adoption the next step would be implementation and more detailed planning for identified corridors and projects.