Land use · Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia

Farmer's market

Named in 4 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 Essex County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 10Reads like a definition

is permitted at a farm winery without regulation (Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2288.3). ** Farmer's market ** means retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, and other food and related items, at a facility with spaces occupied by

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single-family or two-family residential use. (13) A mobile restaurant may operate at any farmer's market held on public or private property, if the food truck vendor is legally parked at the farmer's market and has received

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| Day care center | 1 for each 250 square feet | | Farmer's market , seasonal outdoor sales | 6, plus 1 per 250 square feet | | Financial institutions | 1 for each 250 square

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use2

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.