Land use · Falls Church, Virginia

amusement arcade

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 Falls Church’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

for general vehicular circulation. (See illustration 1 at the end of this section.) ** Amusement arcade ** means any establishment, except those with a floor area greater than 15,000 square feet, in which more than four amusement machines

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of these activities shall be closer than 1,000 feet from each other. (5) Amusement arcade , as a principal or accessory use, subject to the following conditions: a. There shall be at least 1,000 feet between the

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| | 1 per 400 sf of the designated site area | | Amusement arcades | | 1 per two amusement machines | | Cultural Activities | | | | Art galleries, libraries, museums | |

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use3

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.