Land use · Emporia, Virginia

Recreation/entertainment, commercial indoor

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

This generally includes recreation or recreation areas such as playgrounds, # Definitions (continued) ** Recreation/entertainment, commercial indoor ** means an establishment which provides an enclosed building for indoor sports and spectator uses, and may include multiple coin operated amusement

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| B | B | B | B | | | | | Recreation/entertainment, commercial indoor | | | | | B | B | B | | | | | | Recreation/entertainment, commercial outdoor | |

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sq. ft. of floor area; 10 spaces minimum for a clinic | | Recreation/entertainment, commercial indoor | 1 per 3 persons based on maximum occupancy, plus 1 per employee on largest shift | | Recreation/entertainment, commercial outdoor

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Prohibited3

Expressly not allowed.