Land use · Franklin, Virginia

church

Named in 6 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 Franklin’s own text settles what this covers.

uses. [Amended by Ord. of 4-8-2002(3)] 1. Retail sales. 2. Retail service. 3. Church . 4. Educational facility, primary/secondary. 5. Educational facility, college/university. 6. Cultural service. 7. Public park or playground. 8. Community center. 9. Existing

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One space for each four fixed seats or seating spaces | | b. Church , temple, synagogue or similar place of worship | One space for each six fixed seats or seating spaces | One space

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equipment, provided these are at least 50 feet from a property line. (c) Church spires, belfries, cupolas, domes, monuments, water towers, windmills, chimneys, smokestacks, flagpoles, radio towers, masts and aerials. (d) Parapet walls, extending not

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side of the street and within 200 feet of any school, public playground, church , hospital, public library, day care center, group home or nursing home, and no such entrance or exit shall be located within

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and additions and expansions thereto: (1) Multiple-family dwellings; (2) Townhouses and condominiums; (3) Churches , temples, synagogues and cemeteries; (4) Docks, marinas, wharves, piers, bulkheads and the like or any overwater structures, except private overwater piers

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right4

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use2

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.