Land use · Amherst County Unincorporated, Virginia

animal shelter

Named in 1 of this ordinance’s zoning districts.

How this ordinance defines it

The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Amherst County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

thousand (1,000) pounds of live weight for any animal or group of animals. ** Animal shelter .** A facility, other than a private residential dwelling and its surrounding grounds, that is used to house or contain animals and

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as national forest, publicly owned reservoirs, parks, schools, libraries, water/sewer utilities, emergency services, animal shelters , pounds, industrial parks, governmental facilities, and personal wireless service facilities as provided in Section 919 and small solar generation facilities. **701.03

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.