Land use · Spotsylvania County Unincorporated, Virginia

Convent, monastery, seminary, and nunnery

Named in 8 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

are permitted or approved through special use permit consistent with zoning district provisions. ** Convent, monastery, seminary and nunnery ** means an establishment of a religious order for the housing and/or education of male or female members. **Conventional subdivision.** See Subdivision,

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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 or similar facilities; 20. Equestrian event facility; 21. Farm equipment supplies sales establishment; 22.

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use8

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.