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 Christiansburg’s own text settles what this covers.
as delineated on an approved site plan or otherwise specified in this chapter. ** Research and development facility ** means a facility which engages in research and/or development of materials, parts, products, and processes in scientific, engineering, or technology-intensive fields
Read it in the chapter →recycling center poses a threat to public safety, health or general welfare. (30) Research and development facility . (31) Retail or wholesale sales and service incidental to a permitted manufacturing, processing, storing or distributing use. (32) Security service office
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