Land use · Emporia, Virginia

heavy commercial

Named in 1 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.

less intense industrial uses, such as research facilities, wholesale, warehousing, light industrial, and heavy commercial uses. The uses in this district should be buffered from daily services and residences. Uses should occur mostly in enclosed buildings

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.