Land use · Newport News, Virginia

private club

Named in 15 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 Newport News’s own text settles what this covers.

or contiguous lots under common ownership with any building or structure occupying it. ** Private club .** A facility for civic, fraternal, social, cultural, religious, literary, political, recreational, or similar activities, operated for the benefit of its members

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use15

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.