Land use · Amherst, Virginia

Agricultural activities

Named in 8 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’s own text settles what this covers.

| P | P | P | P | P | P | Agricultural activities , including the raising of crops and animals, provided that agricultural use shall not be objectionable by reason of odor, dust, noise,

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right8

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.