Land use · Covington, Virginia

Railroad rights-of-way

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 Covington’s own text settles what this covers.

Plant nurseries. | | (2-7) | Public utility rights-of-way. | | (2-8) | Railroad rights-of-way . | | (2-9) | Bicycle and pedestrian paths and trails. | (Ord. No. O-19-03, 6-11-2019) **Section 3. - Uses permitted by

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or such lines extended, the centerlines of creeks or streams, boundary lines of railroad rights-of-way , or the corporate limit line. ### Section 3. - Interpretation. Unless district boundary lines are fixed by dimensions or otherwise clearly

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the two nearest intersecting streets or the nearest intersecting or intercepting street and railroad right-of-way , unsubdivided acreage, river or live stream or any other barrier to the continuity of development. **Boarding house and rooming house** means

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.