Land use · Emporia, Virginia

parks

Named in 3 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.

of land bounded by streets, or by a combination of streets and public parks , cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, shorelines of waterways or boundary lines of the city. **Board of zoning appeals (BZA)** means a quasi-judicial board

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subdividers of residential developments to set aside land or its monetary equivalent for parks , playgrounds, open spaces, libraries, municipal facilities or other public use installations and for the protection of access to such facilities or

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of public facilities owned in fee by a public entity, including open space, parks , schools, fire departments and other public facilities not otherwise provided for in Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2241; however, such facilities shall

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single-family dwellings, plus certain additional public, civic, and recreational uses, such as schools, parks , and churches. (2) **R-2, medium density residential.** The intent of this district is to protect existing residential areas that provide single-

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the required utilities. For floodplain management purposes the term "manufactured home" also includes park trailers, travel trailers, and other similar vehicles placed on a site for greater than 180 consecutive days. *Manufactured home park or

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right3

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.