Land use · Bedford, Virginia

metal mining

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 Bedford’s own text settles what this covers.

subject to final approval by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ): 1. Metal mining , including establishments primarily engaged in mining or developing mines. 2. Mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals. 3. Pulp mills. 4. Paper

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Where it is allowed here

Prohibited1

Expressly not allowed.