Land use · Washington County Unincorporated, Virginia

Agriculture

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

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the absence of such formal resolution, the administrator shall be the county administrator. ** Agriculture ** means the tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, forestry and gardening, including the keeping of animals and fowl,

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systems—Zoning district authorizations. Large wind energy conversion systems shall be permitted in the agriculture -limited district (A-1), agriculture-general district (A-2), and conservation and recreation district (CR), by special exception permit and provided that the use complies

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for the same calendar year. (c) Farm property auctions, livestock markets, and similar agriculture business activities not conducted for tourism purposes are exempt from event permit requirements stated in this section. (Ord. No. 2022-08, §

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homes. It is the intent that the primary uses will be forestry and agriculture together with certain recreational activities appropriate to the mountains. (Code 1997, § 66-246) --- ## Sec. 66-222. - Permitted uses and

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