Land use · Petersburg, Virginia

railroad right-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 Petersburg’s own text settles what this covers.

a railroad, it shall be deemed to be in the center of the railroad right-of-way , and distances measured from a railroad shall be measured from the center of the designated track. (d) Where the district boundaries

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activities operated as a business); nonprofit, nongovernmental public recreation and community buildings; 8. Railroad rights-of-way , including a strip of land with tracks and auxiliary facilities for track operations, but not including passenger stations, freight terminals, switching

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.