Land use · Falls Church, Virginia

major home occupation

Named in 2 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.

A home occupation shall be classified and regulated as either a minor or major home occupation , as defined in this definition: (1) **Major home occupation** means a home occupation in which not more than one person, other

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permitted by right. (9) Group homes, not otherwise permitted by right above. (10) Major home occupation as an accessory use to a one-family dwelling. (11) Satellite television antenna or ground-mounted conventional television or radio antenna, as permitted

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R-1B or T-1 districts by special use permit: Accessory dwelling units, group homes, major home occupations , antennas, transmitters, or prenatal and infant care counseling centers; provided, however, that no such special use permit shall be granted without

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use2

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.