Land use · Washington County Unincorporated, Virginia

Animal assisted therapy

Named in 1 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 Washington County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

the total floor area, use, adaptability or external appearance of an existing structure. ** Animal-assisted therapy ** means a goal-directed, planned and structured therapeutic clinical intervention facilitated or provided by a credentialed mental health, recreation, occupational, physical, speech-language

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clinic subject to distance requirements and standards as provided in this division. (2) Animal assisted therapy subject to requirements established by definition. (3) Auditorium. (4) Electrical power substations, electrical power transmission towers, telecommunication switching facilities and telecommunication

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.