Land use · Dumfries, Virginia

church

Named in 2 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 Dumfries’s own text settles what this covers.

and which authorizes legal use of the premises for which it is issued. ** Church or place of religious worship or assembly.** A place of worship or assembly, the primary use of which is for the

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to be used shall be for the following uses: 1. Single-family dwellings. 2. Churches and other places of worship. 3. Accessory uses as defined in this chapter. However, no accessory use may be closer than

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.