Land use · Amherst, Virginia

Grocery stores

Named in 3 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 Amherst’s own text settles what this covers.

dwellings. 4. Townhouses. 5. Condominiums. 6. Commercial uses (including retail shops, specialty shops, convenience/ grocery stores ). 7. Automobile service stations as provided in section 24-473. 8. Swimming pools and tennis courts. 9. Marinas, docks and boating facilities

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right3

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.