Land use · Petersburg, Virginia

public utilities

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 Petersburg’s own text settles what this covers.

convenience distribution of population, for good civic design and arrangement, and for adequate public utilities and facilities, by regulating the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, and residence, by regulating and

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community-operated playgrounds, parks and nonprofit little theater operations, and similar recreational facilities; 32. Public utilities , and poles, lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters and other facilities necessary for the provision of maintenance of public utilities, as provided

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Commercial forestry operations in the nature of tree farms, not including sawmills. (8) Public utilities , and poles, lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters and other facilities necessary for the provision of maintenance of public utilities, as provided

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.