Land use · Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia

Public utility, light

Named in 23 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

Local office space and maintenance facilities incidental to any use set forth above. ** Public utility, light ** means the following shall be deemed to be light public utilities: 1. Electric substations and distribution centers including transformer stations. 2.

Read it in the chapter →

recreation, commercial; 37. Place of worship; 38. Private school; 39. Public school; 40. Public utility, light ; 41. Religious retreat center; 42. Repair service establishment, inconsistent with the use allowed by-right herein; 43. Sawmill; 44. Solar energy facility;

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use20

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.

Prohibited1

Expressly not allowed.