Land use · Bristol, Virginia

shopping center

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 Bristol’s own text settles what this covers.

provide areas for the development of retail and personal-service commercial, community and regional shopping centers of integrated design and high-density development of commercial businesses in certain areas adjacent to major transportation arteries or thoroughfares within the

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.