are exempt, unless otherwise required by federal law: (1) Permitted surface or deep mining operations and projects, or oil and gas operations and projects conducted under the provisions of Title 45.1 of the Code of Virginia;
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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 Buena Vista’s own text settles what this covers.
Airports; ### 611.03-3 Truck terminals; ### 611.03-4 Sand and gravel operations; ### 611.03-5 Mining operations ; ### 611.03-6 Petroleum storage; ### 611.03-7 Junk yards and automobile graveyards in accordance with the provisions in Article 7; ### 611.03-8
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