Land use · Southampton County Unincorporated, Virginia

Auction barn

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

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

the residence of three (3) or more families living independently of each other. ** Auction barn ** means a commercial establishment where items are collected for sale and auctioned off. Storage of items shall be within a completely

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open pens at least two hundred (200) feet from any residential district. (2.1) Auction barn , with a conditional use permit. (3) Automobile service station, so long as bulk storage of inflammable liquids is underground. (4) Automobile

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.