Land use · Amherst, Virginia

utility

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.

lot, tract, or parcel of land and a contiguous street, railroad, or public utility right-of-way. **Right-of-way, state owned,** means the right-of-way owned outright by the state department of transportation on which public roads are constructed

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in the park shall be designed such that connection to existing drainage and utility systems is convenient, and shall meet the following requirements in addition to such other reasonable standards and requirements as may be

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*Alternative tower structure* means manmade trees, silos, clock towers, bell steeples, light poles, utility poles, buildings, and similar alternative-design mounting structures that camouflage or conceal the presence of antennas or towers. *Antenna* means communications equipment

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the plat, but subject to the rights of the owners of any public utility installation which have been previously erected therein. If any such street, alley, or easement for public passage is located on the

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a minimum width of 20 feet shall be provided as are necessary for utility lines, and underground mains and cables, where appropriate. Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway, channel or stream, there

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