Land use · Altavista, Virginia

keeping of chickens

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 Altavista’s own text settles what this covers.

| — | | Home occupation | Subject to section 86-454 | | Keeping of chickens | Subject to section 86-515.1 | | Keeping of horses | Subject to section 86-515.2, special use permit required | |

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any property line. (Ord. of 10-11-2011(3), § 2) --- ## Sec. 86-515.1. - Keeping of chickens . **(a)** It shall be lawful for any person to keep on premises owned and occupied by him or her for such

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.