Land use · Amherst County Unincorporated, Virginia

oil and gas exploration

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.

specialized hospital. **Oil.** A liquid substance known as crude petroleum oil or petroleum. ** Oil and gas exploration .** The search for hydrocarbons beneath the earth's surface such as oil and natural gas by methods such as sub-surface geology surveys

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and gas leases. If a property owner has legally executed a lease for oil and gas exploration prior to the enactment of this ordinance, such lease for exploration, and any resultant development of the property for extraction and

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Off-site directional signs compliant with the requirements of Section 907.04; 15. Pawnbrokers; 16. Oil and gas exploration , extraction and production, provided the entity conducting these activities complies with Chapter 22.1 of Title 45.1 (Code of Virginia, § 45.1-361.1

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.