Land use · Falls Church, Virginia

hotels, motels

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.

to this chapter. **Boardinghouse, lodginghouse or roominghouse** means a building other than a hotel, motel or tourist home where meals, lodgings or both are provided for compensation, for four to eight persons, not transients. **Building** means

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(1) Public buildings and facilities. (2) Institutions for human care. (3) Clinics. (4) Hotels, motels . (5) Business and professional offices, including medical and dental. (6) Offices for medical, dental and optical laboratories and offices for operations

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.