Land use · Mathews County Unincorporated, Virginia

Home occupations

Named in 4 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 Mathews County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

center, office, or the announcement, introduction, or promotion of a new establishment. **SIGN, HOME OCCUPATION ** — A sign directing attention to a product, commodity, or service available on the premises, but which product, commodity, or service

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project into the required minimum front, side, or rear yard. ### § 175-15.5 Home occupations and home enterprises. [Amended 12-17-2019] A. The following regulations shall govern the establishment of home occupations. 1. The home occupation shall

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stands; signs. E. Any farming, horticultural, silvicultural or forestal activity. F. Any individual home occupation , general retail business or professional office or activity and their accessory buildings containing less than 5,000 square feet in floor space.

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practitioner of medicine. (Certain nursing homes and homes for the aged may be " home occupation ," if they comply with the definition herein.) **CONVENIENCE STORE** — A single store retail use, the ground floor area of which

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V. Funeral homes. W. Hardware stores. X. Home appliance sales and service. Y. Home occupations in accordance with § 175-15.5A.[1] > [1] Editor's Note: This subsection was revised at the County's request pursuant to an ordinance

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right4

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.