Land use · Dumfries, Virginia

philanthropic use

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 Dumfries’s own text settles what this covers.

with a conditional use permit. 9. Schools, with a conditional use permit. 10. Philanthropic uses , with a conditional use permit. 11. No duplex shall contain less than 800 square feet of habitable floor space per dwelling

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.