Land use · Hanover County Unincorporated, Virginia

Railroad rights-of-way

Named in 2 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 Hanover County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

lying between two intersecting streets or roads or otherwise limited by public land, railroad right-of-way , waterways, an unsubdivided tract of land, or other physical barrier of such nature as to interrupt the continuity of the development.

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of Virginia. 12. Public and private forests, wildlife reservations, similar conservation projects. 13. Railroad rights-of-way , including a strip of land with tracks and auxiliary facilities for track operations, but not including passenger stations, freight terminals, switching

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.