Land use · Halifax, Virginia

Special care facility

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 Halifax’s own text settles what this covers.

other than incidental light and noise of congregations of persons and passenger vehicles. ** Special care facility .** A building, including, but not limited to, a nursing home, preponderantly institutional in character occupied by a nonfamily, essentially non-transient, group

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of supervisors; 17. Housing for the elderly; 18. Residential human care facility; 19. Special care facility ; 20. Community centers, if issued a conditional use permit; 21. Short term rental; 22. Short term rental with shared amenities or

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permit; 39. Residential human care facility, if issued a conditional use permit; 40. Special care facility , if issued a conditional use permit; 41. Commercial firing range, indoor, if issued a conditional use permit; 42. Community centers, if

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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.