Land use · Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia

Restaurant, general

Named in 6 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

at a counter, drive-up, or drive-through service facility, or which offers curb service. ** Restaurant, general ** means an establishment in which, for compensation, food or beverages are dispensed for consumption on the premises, including, among other establishments,

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right6

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.