Land use · Greene County Unincorporated, Virginia

Solar energy generation facilities

Named in 6 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 Greene County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 24Reads like a definition

minimum caliper of one and one-half inches at time of installation. *(Revised 11/27/07)* ** Solar energy generation facilities ** means a solar energy conversion system producing a minimum of one MW or more electricity to a utility provider. A power

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distribution 12. Recycling center (Revised 5/27/14) 13. Water or sewer treatment facilities 14. Solar energy generation facilities 15. Power generation plants 16. Gas and oil facilities (Ord. of 6-12-18; Ord. No. 20-04, 11-10-20; Ord. of 07-08-2025(1); Ord. of

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in the M-1 District (Revised 3/10/09) 24. Water or sewer treatment facilities 25. Solar energy generation facilities 26. Power generation plants 27. Gas and oil facilities (Ord. of 6-12-18; Ord. No. 20-04, 11-10-20; Ord. of 07-08-2025(1); Ord. of

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permit under section 16-24 (Revised 6/23/15) 26. Water or sewer treatment facilities 27. Solar energy generation facilities 28. Power generating plants 29. Gas and oil facilities (Ord. of 1-11-05; Ord. of 6-12-18; Ord. No. 20-04, 11-10-20; Ord. of

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structure—greater than 768 square feet (Revised 8/18/05) (24) Recycling center (Revised 5/27/14) (25) Solar energy generation facilities (Ord. of 6-12-18; Ord. of 09-25-2018 (1); Ord. of 07-22-2025(1)) ### 4-2 - Area regulations. #### 4-2-1 The minimum lot area

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use6

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.