Land use · Petersburg, Virginia

Institutions of an educational or religious nature

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 Petersburg’s own text settles what this covers.

following purposes: 1. Any use permitted in the "R-1A" Single-Family Residence District; 2. Institutions of an educational or religious nature ; 3. Two-family dwellings; 4. Short-term rental of an existing dwelling, subject to the provisions of Article 39, Short-term rental regulations. (Ord.

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.