Land use · Emporia, Virginia

Group home, small

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.

state department of behavioral health and development services (Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2291). ** Group home, small **, as provided by Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2291, means a licensed residential facility in which no more than eight mentally ill,

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Prohibited2

Expressly not allowed.