Land use · Gate City, Virginia

agriculture

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 Gate City’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

administrator may serve with or without compensation as determined by the town council. ** Agriculture ** means the tilling of the soil, the raising of crops, horticulture, forestry, and gardening. **Alteration** means any change in the total

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Nursery schools, kindergartens, child care centers, day nursery or day care centers. 16. Agriculture , with a special exception and use permit. 17. High speed voice and data communication hub. Minimum 50-foot by 50-foot lot size.

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be used shall be for one or more of the following uses: 1. Agriculture and home gardens. 2. Apartments, with a special exception and use permit. 3. Boardinghouses. 4. Single-family dwellings; conventional, site-built, single unit

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television transmission or receiving tower. (12) Signage as provided in this chapter. (13) Agriculture . (14) Yard sale or garage sale for disposal of personal property. (15) Accessory uses and structures permitted as defined; however, garages

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.