Land use · Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia

Life care facility

Named in 10 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

uses include bulk laundry and cleaning plants, diaper services, or linen supply services. ** Life care facility ** means a residential facility primarily for the continuing care of the elderly, providing for transitional housing progressing from independent living in

Read it in the chapter →

dwelling unit, or 1 for each bedroom, whichever is greater | | Shelter, life care facility | 1 for each 2 residents | | **Public/Civic/Recreation Uses** | | | Cultural facility | 3 for each 1,000 square

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use10

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.