Land use · Dumfries, Virginia

public utility

Named in 3 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 Dumfries’s own text settles what this covers.

Common open space shall not include streets, roads, alleys, parking areas, sidewalks, patios, public utility easements and rights-of-way. **Open space, dedicated.** Open space within the boundaries of a development that is to be dedicated to the

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such as poles, lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters, water and sewer lines, and public utility generating booster or relay stations, transformer substations, transmission lines, and towers. New electric and communication utilities shall be installed underground. (22)

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right3

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.