Land use · Nelson County Unincorporated, Virginia

agriculture

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 Nelson County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

for in this ordinance. When used in this ordinance, the words agricultural or agriculture shall be construed to encompass the foregoing definition. **Agricultural processing facility:** The preparation, processing, or sale of food products, or accumulation

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minimum of forty (40) percent of the land area shall be reserved for agriculture , forestry, recreation, and/or open space. **B. Agricultural A-1 District.** The minimum area for a cluster development shall be seventy-five (75) acres.

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County. ### 3-1 Uses—Permitted by Right - **3-1-1** Single-family detached dwellings. - **3-1-2** Agriculture . - **3-1-3** Public and semipublic uses such as churches, church adjunctive graveyards, schools (not schools of special instruction), hospitals (not special

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of special instruction), hospitals (not special care), parks, playgrounds, and post offices. **4-1-5** Agriculture . **4-1-6** Fire departments and rescue squad facilities. **4-1-7** Forestry operations including necessary temporary buildings and uses incidental thereto (not sawmills). **4-1-8**

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.