Land use · Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia

Gas station

Named in 2 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 Powhatan County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

(which typically have greater impacts on adjacent properties). It also does not include gas stations (which primarily engage in the sale of fuel) or auto parts stores that do not involve major installation and servicing of

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small-scale and rural-oriented businesses (such as grocery stores, convenience stores, agricultural supply stores, gas stations , and restaurants), institutional uses (such as post offices, schools, fire stations, community centers, and places of worship), heritage tourism uses (such

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and servicing; 70. Automotive wrecker service; 71. Car wash or auto detailing; 72. Gas station ; 73. Parking lot or parking structure (as a principal use); 74. Taxi or limousine service facility; 75. Tire sales and mounting;

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and servicing; 40. Automotive wrecker service; 41. Car wash or auto detailing; 42. Gas station ; 43. Taxi or limousine service facility; 44. Truck hauler business; 45. Vehicle/equipment sales or rental; 46. Commercial landscape operation; 47. Micro-distillery.

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another principal use (e.g., a place of worship combined with a school, a gas station combined with a restaurant, a flex building housing retail, industrial service, and warehousing tenants). A development with multiple principal uses shall

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.