Land use · Chatham, Virginia

contractors' equipment storage yard or plant

Named in 1 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 Chatham’s own text settles what this covers.

storage. 11. Coal and wood yards, lumber yards, feed and seed stores. 12. Contractors' equipment storage yard or plant , or rental of equipment commonly used by contractors. 13. Cabinets, furniture, and upholstery shops. 14. Boat building. 15. Monumental stone works.

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.