Land use · Emporia, Virginia

Store, 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.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

floor area and serves for the display and sale of merchandise at retail. ** Store, small ** means a small-scale retail use less than 3,000 square feet in total floor area and serves for the display and sale

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Prohibited3

Expressly not allowed.