Land use · Abingdon, Virginia

Laboratory, research and development

Named in 13 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 Abingdon’s own text settles what this covers.

However, less than four breeding animals does not constitute a commercial kennel. # LABORATORY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT An establishment whose principal purpose is the research, compounding and/or packaging of scientific products, or research and development of innovative ideas

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floor area | | **D. Industrial Uses** | | | a. Manufacturing, light; laboratory research and development ; laboratory, pharmaceutical | 1 per employee on maximum working shift plus space for storage of trucks or other vehicles used in

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right3

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Prohibited10

Expressly not allowed.