Land use · Covington, Virginia

church

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 Covington’s own text settles what this covers.

as determined by the planning commission after submission of site plan | | Churches | 1 space for each 4 seats in the main auditorium or sanctuary | | Laundromats | 1 space per machine

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use. (3) No illuminated sign shall be located within 100 feet of a church , school, hospital, or similar institution, unless such sign is located on the same lot as a permitted nonresidential use. (4) No

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R-2, R-3, R-4), nor within 750 feet of any property occupied by a church or other place of worship, public library, public or private school, educational institution, public park, playground, playfield, lodging house, tourist home,

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following uses: (2-1) Single-family dwellings. (2-2) Public and semipublic uses such as schools, churches , playgrounds and parks. (2-3) Home occupations, as defined in article III. (2-4) Home gardening. (2-5) Accessory buildings, except that they must

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.