the terms shall not include night clubs or institutions operated as a business. * Colleges .* Any institutions accredited by the State Department of Education and/or authorized by the State Council of Higher Education to award degrees;
Read it in the chapter →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 Ashland’s own text settles what this covers.
district is to protect the area of the town which now encompasses the college and to provide for fraternity and sorority houses. This district is also designed to protect the campus environment and to allow
Read it in the chapter →and maneuvering areas. 6. In the HE district, parking spaces required to serve colleges and related educational, administrative, recreational and dormitory facilities, but not fraternity and sorority houses, may be located off the premises of
Read it in the chapter →- Home Occupation - Offices, limited and as an accessory use to a college or university, with a conditional use permit - Parks, over one (1) acre with a conditional use permit - Public Facilities,
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