Land use · Emporia, Virginia

Automobile service

Named in 6 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 Emporia’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

repair service is done wholly within an enclosed building as an accessory use. ** Automobile service ** means a facility for major body, engine, and transmission repairs of automobiles, commercial vehicles, or trucks, and trailers, but does not

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not provided in source text.] ### Sec. 90-402. - Automobile sales and rental; automobile service . [Note: Section content not provided in source text.] ### Sec. 90-403. - Car wash. [Note: Section content not provided in source

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1 per 800 sq. ft. of operations | | Automobile sales and rental; Automobile service ; Car wash; Gas station | 3 per bay, stall, rack, or pit, plus 1 per gasoline pump; minimum 5 spaces |

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use2

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.

Prohibited3

Expressly not allowed.