Land use · Emporia, Virginia

Commercial laundry

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

to arterial streets, including the principal entrance and circulation routes within residential subdivisions. ** Commercial laundry ** means establishments primarily engaged in the provision of laundering, cleaning, or dyeing services other than those classified as personal services. Typical

Read it in the chapter →

Personal services | 1 per 500 sq. ft. of floor area | | Commercial laundry ; Construction material sales; Manufactured/modular home sales | 1 per 500 sq. ft. | | Day care center | 1 per employee

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Prohibited3

Expressly not allowed.