Land use · Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia

Community center

Named in 17 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 Spotsylvania County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 2Reads like a definition

schools, authorized to award higher education, certification, associate, baccalaureate, masters or doctorate degrees. ** Community center ** means a publicly- or privately-owned and operated facility open to the public where people can meet for, among other things, social,

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family attached uses. However, this exemption does not apply to residential street lights, community centers or club houses and their accessory uses. (Ord. No. 23-164, 9-13-16) ## Sec. 23-5.12.4. - General provisions. (1) Except as provided

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center; 12. Civic, social or fraternal facility; 13. Civic and sports arena; 14. Community center ; 15. Contractor's offices and shop; 16. Convenience store; 17. Convent, monastery, seminary and nunnery; 18. Country club; 19. Cultural center, museum

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right8

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use9

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.