Land use · Orange County Unincorporated, Virginia

Institutional use

Named in 7 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 Orange County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

sticker or plates shall be conclusively presumed to be an inoperable motor vehicle. ** Institutional Use ** means a property and/or facility that is used for nonpublic education, assisted living and group homes containing greater than 8 clients/occupants,

Read it in the chapter →

including professional or contracting office. 12. Cultural use. 13. Commercial recreational use. 14. Institutional use . 15. Public garage. 16. Public use such as school, park, library, or fire and rescue station. 17. Retail store not exceeding

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use5

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.