Land use · Ashland, Virginia

public 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 Ashland’s own text settles what this covers.

acre, provided there shall be no minimum lot area requirement for public utilities, public utility service yards, railroad spurs, towers and aerials, and parks and playgrounds. For major and minor utilities, the minimum lot area shall

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acre, provided there shall be no minimum lot area requirement for public utilities, public utility service yards, railroad spurs, towers and aerials, and parks and playgrounds. For major and minor utilities, the minimum lot area shall

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required, or for property abutting Route 54 and/or Route 1. Facilities such as public utility generating, booster, or relay stations, transformer substations, transmission lines and towers which are normally installed above ground in accordance with accepted

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to motorists at a street intersection. This provision shall not be applicable to public utility poles, official street signs, fire hydrants and other appurtenances installed by a governmental agency for public safety purposes, or to tree

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