Land use · Emporia, Virginia

research facilities

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.

provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for 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.

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.