Land use · Fredericksburg, Virginia

Community Center

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 Fredericksburg’s own text settles what this covers.

to achieve the following ends: that transportation systems be carefully planned; that new community centers be developed with adequate highway, utility, health, educational and recreational facilities; that the needs of industry and business be recognized in

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to improve the public health, safety, convenience and welfare of citizens; to develop community centers with adequate highway, utility, health, educational and recreational facilities; to provide residential areas with health surroundings for family life; and to

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continued service on-site or have employees at the site on a regular basis. Community centers or facilities that have membership provisions that are open to the general public (for instance, any senior citizen could join a

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.