Land use · Falls Church, Virginia

food store

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 Falls Church’s own text settles what this covers.

and that all goods shall be only for retail sale on the premises: Food stores , beverage stores, drugstores, bakeries, confectioneries, self-service laundries, laundry or cleaning depots, shoe repair shops, barbershops or beauty salons, clothing stores, variety

Read it in the chapter →

of total site area | | Food: | | | | Automobile-oriented convenience food store ^ | 1 | 1 per 100 sf of floor area | | Baker, confectionery, dairy, delicatessen, groceries, meats, poultry, produce, seafood^

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.