Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Sec. 83-240
Dimensional standards
Housing
Uses
Permitted by right83
- Forestry and logging
- Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production
- Dwelling, live/work
- Assisted living facility
- Hospice facility
- Telecommunications facility, collocated
- Community center
- Library
- Museum
- Adult day care center
- Child day care center
- Private school
- Vocational or trade school
- Courthouse facility
- Government administrative offices
- Government maintenance, storage, or distribution facility
- Law enforcement facility
- Post office
- Massage clinic
- Medical or dental clinic
- Medical or dental lab
- Medical treatment facility
- Community garden
- Park or greenway
- Club or lodge
- Place of worship
- Surface transportation passenger station/terminal
- Utility use, minor
- Animal grooming
- Veterinary clinic
- Business service establishment
- Bar or lounge
- Brewpub
- Micro-distillery
- Nightclub
- Restaurant with drive-through service
- Restaurant without drive-through service
- Specialty eating or drinking establishment
- Contractor's office
- Professional offices
- Other office facility
- Auditorium or stage theater
- Motion picture theater
- Recreation facility, commercial indoor
- Recreation facility, nonprofit
- Recreation facility, public
- Antique store
- Art gallery
- Arts, crafts, music, dance, photography, or martial arts studio/school
- Auction facility
- Bank or financial institution with drive-through service
- Bank or financial institution without drive-through service
- Check cashing establishment
- Convenience store
- Drugstore or pharmacy with drive-through service
- Drugstore or pharmacy without drive-through service
- Farmers' market
- Funeral home
- Grocery store
- Large retail sales establishment
- Lawn care, pool, or pest control service
- Liquor store
- Personal services establishment
- Shopping center
- Tattoo or body piercing establishment
- Taxidermy shop
- Other retail sales establishment
- Automotive painting or body shop
- Automotive repair and servicing
- Automotive wrecker service
- Car wash or auto detailing
- Gas station
- Parking lot or parking structure (as a principal use)
- Taxi or limousine service facility
- Tire sales and mounting
- Vehicle/equipment sales or rental
- Hotel or motel
- Convenience center, county
- Recycling drop-off center
- Conference or training center
- Fire or EMS station
- Shed sales, outdoor
- Artisan food and beverage production
Conditional / special use23
- Telecommunications tower
- College or university
- Hospital
- Cemetery
- Public square or plaza
- Civic center
- Utility use, major
- Adult book or video store
- Adult motion picture theater
- Animal shelter
- Pound
- Kennel, commercial
- Arena, stadium, or amphitheater
- Country club
- Marina, commercial
- Recreation facility, commercial outdoor
- Flea market
- Self-service storage facility
- Truck hauler business
- Commercial landscape operation
- Manufacturing, assembly, or fabrication, light
- Wood and stump recycling business
- Contractor's storage yard
Accessory23
- Amateur radio antenna
- Automatic teller machine (ATM)
- Canopy, nonresidential drive-through
- Clubhouse
- Crematories (as accessory to funeral home)
- Electric vehicle (EV) level 1 or 2 charging station
- Electric vehicle (EV) level 3 charging station
- Family day care home
- Fuel oil or bottled gas distribution or storage, limited
- Home garden
- Office (as accessory to multifamily dwelling or commercial use)
- Open space, park, playground, or recreational facility
- Outdoor display and sale of merchandise
- Outdoor storage (as an accessory use)
- Parking or storage of large vehicles
- Rainwater cistern
- Residential care facility
- Private recycling bins
- Satellite dish
- Small wind energy system
- Solar energy collection system
- Swimming pool, spa, or hot tub
- Television or radio antenna
Extracted standards
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Other
- Temporary uses
Permitted temporary uses: garage or yard sale, model sales home/unit, post-disaster temporary dwelling, temporary construction-related structure or facility. With temporary business permit: estate sale/auction, farmer's market, outdoor seasonal sales, temporary business.
From the ordinance
The purpose of the Commerce Center (CC) District is to accommodate a wide range of retail, service, office, and institutional uses that provide goods and services serving the residents and businesses in the community at large (e.g., most retail sales and services uses, small- to medium-sized shopping centers, restaurants, office buildings, recreational and entertainment uses, hotels, places of worship, medical clinics).