Land use · Richmond, Virginia

pier

Named in 7 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 Richmond’s own text settles what this covers.

any facility for the mooring, berthing, storing or securing of watercraft, including community piers and other boat docking and storage facilities. A marina may include boat sales, boat fuel sales, boat construction, boat repair, marina

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9 of this chapter): (1) Private garages, garden, tool and storage buildings, boathouses, piers and docks; (2) Home occupations; (3) Day nurseries when located within churches, or other places of worship, community centers or school

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Where it is allowed here

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Allowed as a secondary activity to the main use.