Land use · Big Stone Gap, Virginia

institutions (educational or philanthropic)

Named in 1 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 Big Stone Gap’s own text settles what this covers.

Cemetery, including a crematorium. 2. Hospitals and sanitariums, but not animal hospitals. 3. Institutions, educational or philanthropic , including museums, art galleries and libraries. 4. Public or governmental buildings and uses, including schools, fire stations (volunteer or otherwise), parks,

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.