Land use · Bluefield, Virginia

church

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 Bluefield’s own text settles what this covers.

uses are limited basically to single-unit dwellings. Additional uses, such as schools, parks, churches and specific public facilities that serve the residents of the R-1 district, shall be permitted. No home occupations, including room renting,

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oriented business use shall be permitted within 1,500 feet of any residential district, church , playground, playfield, public library, or day care facility. (c) Measurements will be taken from the property line. (d) No adult oriented

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on the lot, parking space for one automobile for each accommodation. (c) For church , high school, college and university auditoriums, and for theaters, general auditoriums, stadiums and other similar places of assembly, at least one

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another and no such signs shall be erected within 1,500 feet of any church , cemetery, school, historical site, or area zoned as a residential district. Billboards and off-premises signs shall be no larger than 300

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.