Land use · Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia

Funeral home

Named in 2 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

the front lot line measured from side lot line to side lot line. ** Funeral home ** means an establishment engaged in undertaking services such as preparing the dead for burial and arranging and managing funerals. **Garden center**

Read it in the chapter →

feet of floor area, plus 4 stacking spaces per service window | | Funeral homes | 1 for each 50 square feet of main assembly area, 30 spaces minimum | | Garden center | 1 for

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.