Land use · Amherst, Virginia

Hospitals, nursing homes and retirement centers

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 Amherst’s own text settles what this covers.

the county, municipal, state or federal government for public service, including libraries. (19) Hospitals, nursing homes and retirement centers . (20) Laboratories, pharmaceutical or medical. (21) Machinery sales and services conducted within a building. (22) Manufacturing, processing or fabricating, distributing, or

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.