Land use · Gate City, Virginia

retail stores

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

premises including, among other establishments, cafes, tea rooms, confectionary shops, or refreshments stands. ** Retail stores and shops** means buildings for display and sale of merchandise at retail or for the rendering of personal services (but specifically

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For restaurants, at least one parking space for each six seats. (16) For retail stores selling directly to the public, one parking space for each 200 square feet of retail floor space in the building. (17)

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noise of congestion of people and passenger vehicles. This includes such uses as retail stores , banks, theaters, business offices, newspaper offices, printing presses, restaurants, taverns, garages, and service stations, located mostly on primary highway arteries. (Comp.

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storage allowed. 17. Public utilities. 18. Restaurants; on-premises alcoholic beverage sales permitted. 19. Retail stores selling directly to the public. 20. Service stations with major repair under cover, vehicle towing and temporary storage shall be completely

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.