improvements, except those accessory to a permitted use of the property. 3. The excavation or removal of soil , sand, gravel, rock, peat, or sod, except as may be required in the course of any activity permitted in subsection (a),
Read it in the chapter →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 Blacksburg’s own text settles what this covers.