Land use · Gate City, Virginia

foster home

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 Gate City’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

unrelated group occupying a boardinghouse, lodginghouse, tourist home, or hotel. **Family care home, foster home , or group home** means a residential structure established to serve mentally retarded or other developmentally disabled persons, not related by blood

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hospitals, convalescent homes, nursing homes or homes for the aged, family care homes, foster homes or group homes, at least one parking space for each two beds' capacity, including infants' cribs and children's beds. (9) For

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the aged, with a special exception and use permit. 4. Family care home, foster home , or group home, with a special exception and use permit. 5. Schools, public and private. 6. Churches and other religious institutions,

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home as defined. 5. Two-family duplexes and multiple-family dwellings. 6. Family care home, foster home , or group home. 7. Schools, public and private. 8. Cemeteries, with a special exception and use permit. 9. Churches and other

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the aged with a special exception and use permit. (7) Family care homes, foster homes or group homes with a special exception and use permit. (8) Public utilities: poles, distribution lines, distribution transformers, pipes, meters, and

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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.