development of relatively more spacious character, generally in outlying areas, together with such public buildings , schools, churches, public recreational facilities and accessory uses as may be necessary or area normally compatible with residential surroundings. The district
Read it in the chapter →Land use · Petersburg, Virginia
public buildings
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.