Land use · Petersburg, Virginia

temple

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.

be erected to a height not exceeding sixty (60) feet, and churches and temples may be erected to a height not exceeding seventy-five (75) feet, when the required side and rear yards are each increased

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permanently maintained on the premises; 2. Single-family dwellings; 3. Churches and parish halls, temples , convents and monasteries; 4. Colleges and schools, public or private, having a curriculum and conditions under which teaching is conducted equivalent

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.