Land use · Gate City, Virginia

home for the aged

Named in 1 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

**Commission** means the planning commission of the town. **Convalescent home, nursing home, or home for the aged ** means a residential structure established to serve elderly or seriously ill persons for an extended period of time, such persons not

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square feet of floor area. (8) For 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

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site-built, or modular single unit construction only. 3. Convalescent home, nursing home or home for the aged , with a special exception and use permit. 4. Family care home, foster home, or group home, with a special exception and

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religious institutions, including parish houses and parsonages. 10. Convalescent homes, nursing homes or homes for the aged . 11. Parks and playgrounds. 12. Home occupations as defined. 13. Off-street parking as required by this chapter. 14. Accessory uses and

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religious institutions, with parish houses and parsonages. (6) Convalescent homes, nursing homes or homes for the aged with a special exception and use permit. (7) Family care homes, foster homes or group homes with a special exception and

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.