Land use · Culpeper, Virginia

family day home

Named in 3 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 Culpeper’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

(8) or fewer, allowed in the Code of Virginia, as amended, section 15.2-2291. ** Family day home ** means any child day program offered in the residence of the provider or the home of any of the children in

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public and private schools, child care centers, hospitals, nursing homes and government offices. Family day homes are exempt from requiring a site plan subject to complying with all other requirements of this chapter. (h) Any development that

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following additional requirements apply to the residential district 1 zoning district classification: (1) Family day homes for up to twelve (12) children shall be subject to the following requirements and performance standards: a. A sketch plan depicting

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right3

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.