Land use · Alexandria, Virginia

recreation and entertainment use, indoor

Named in 8 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 Alexandria’s own text settles what this covers.

classroom seats. **(12) Automobile service stations:** one space for each gasoline pump. **(13) Recreation and entertainment use (indoor ):** one space for each 200 square feet of floor area on all floors. **(14) Recreation and entertainment use (outdoor):** one space

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complex; (H) Personal service establishment; (I) Private school, commercial; (J) Public school; (J.1) Recreation and entertainment use, indoor ; (J.2) Restaurant located within a commercial complex; (K) Retail shopping establishment, up to 20,000 gross square feet; (L) Seminary, convent or

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commercial; (F.2) Public school; (G) Radio or television broadcasting office and studio; (G.1) Recreation and entertainment use, indoor ; (G.2) Restaurant located within a commercial complex or hotel; (H) Retail shopping establishment, up to 20,000 gross square feet; (H.1) Social

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shall be limited to the following: (1) Retail shopping establishment. (2) Restaurant. (3) Recreation and entertainment use, indoor . (4) Personal service establishment, provided that the use shall occupy no more than 30 feet frontage on Mount Vernon Avenue, and

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right8

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.