Land use · Emporia, Virginia

Catering facility

Named in 4 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

§ 58.1-4100 et seq. This does not include a riverboat or similar vessel. ** Catering facility ** means an establishment in which food and meals are prepared on premises, and where such food and meals are delivered to

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Prohibited3

Expressly not allowed.