Land use · Falls Church, Virginia

parish house

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.

R-1A, low density residential district are as follows: (1) One-family dwellings. (2) Churches, parish houses , parochial schools and similar religious facilities. (3) Public parks, playgrounds, community centers, libraries, museums and schools and similar public facilities. (4)

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.