Land use · Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia

Public utility, heavy

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

Chapter 2Reads like a definition

of public consequence and need such as electricity, gas, water, transportation or communications. ** Public utility, heavy ** means the following shall be deemed to be heavy public utilities: 1. Electrical generating plants and facilities. 2. Sewage treatment and

Read it in the chapter →

motor vehicle storage and impoundment yards; 15. Landfill; 16. Motor freight terminals; 17. Public utility, heavy ; 18. Railroad station/depot/terminal; 19. Railway yard; 20. Recycling collection centers; 21. Recycling plant; 22. Sawmill; 23. Telecommunications tower; 24. Truck stop;

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.