Land use · Altavista, Virginia

religious assembly

Named in 1 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 Altavista’s own text settles what this covers.

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designed and labeled for citizens to voluntarily take source separated materials for recycling. ** Religious assembly ** means a use located in a permanent building and providing regular organized religious worship and related incidental activities, except primary or

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| Public parks and recreational areas | Special use permit required | | Religious assembly | Subject to section 86-479, special use permit required | | Safety service | — | | Utility service, minor |

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of the property line. (b) Any cemetery associated with a local place of religious assembly shall be exempt from the general standards above and from the necessity of obtaining a special use permit provided the following:

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signs subject to subsection 86-637(a)(14). b. Way-finding signs. c. Directional signs for temporary religious assembly , church or civic organization activities and other similar temporary activities may be erected in the public right-of-way or on public land

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.