Land use · Emporia, Virginia

limited commercial development

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.

with residential neighborhoods, such as public, civic, and recreational (schools, parks, churches) and limited commercial development unlikely to generate high traffic and crowds of customers. This district is predominately residential in character and, as such, commercial uses

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.