Land use · Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia

Religious assembly

Named in 14 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

refuse, garbage, organic materials, medical waste, trash, junk, toxic substances or similar materials. ** Religious assembly ** means a use located in a permanent building or in outdoor spaces and providing regular organized religious worship and related incidental

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(b) The use shall be located a minimum of 1,000 feet from any religious assembly , public or private school, public park, or other public-owned facility. (c) The use shall be located a minimum of 1,000 feet

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parking is sufficient or establish parking as otherwise supplied in this Division. (1) ** Religious Assembly ** parking spaces already provided to meet off-street parking requirements for theaters, stadiums, auditoriums and other places of public assembly, stores, office

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right14

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.