Land use · Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia

Sawmill, commercial

Named in 3 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 Essex County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 10Reads like a definition

utility service, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, or other similar use. ** Sawmill, commercial ** means a sawmill permanently located for the purpose of processing timber from the property on which located, from adjoining property, or

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.