Land use · Amherst, Virginia

Jails

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.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

Act, shall not be considered industrialized buildings for the purposes of this chapter. ** Jail ** means any institution operated by or under authority of any local, regional, state or federal governmental authority whether obtained by purchase,

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unrelated persons in a single-family residential dwelling shall not be punishable by a jail term. (b) Except as provided in paragraph 6 of subsection A, misdemeanor offenses described in this section shall be punishable by

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plus 1 for each 400 square feet of other floor area | | Jails | 1 for every rated bed space plus 1 for each 400 square feet of other floor area | (Zoning Ord.

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right3

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.