Land use · Emporia, Virginia

Funeral home

Named in 5 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

single premises oriented to the public way or other properties that it faces. ** Funeral home ** means a building used for and engaged in undertaking services such as preparing the dead for burial and arranging and managing

Read it in the chapter →

Financial institution | 1 per 500 sq. ft. of floor area | | Funeral home | 1 per 100 sq. ft. of main assembly area; 30 spaces minimum | | Hospital | 1 per 3 patient

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right3

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.

Prohibited1

Expressly not allowed.