Land use · Poquoson, Virginia

churches

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 Poquoson’s own text settles what this covers.

the name of a group housing project or of a school, college, park, church or other public or quasi-public facility, or a professional or firm name plate, but bearing information pertaining only to the premises

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surveyors, banks and similar professions. (2) Public and semipublic uses, such as courthouses, churches and government office buildings. (3) Parking lots to be used only in connection with any permitted uses for off-street parking. (4)

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may be erected up to 35 feet in height from the grade. (b) Church spires, belfries, cupolas, monuments, cooling towers, chimneys, flues, flagpoles, television antennae and radio aerials are exempt from this section. ### Section

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conditional use permit in the following research/development, commercially and residentially zoned locations: a. Church sites when camouflaged as steeples or bell towers; b. Park sites when compatible with the environment and nature of the park;

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over 35 feet. 2. A public or semipublic building, such as a school, church , library or hospital may be erected to a height of 60 feet from the grade, provided that required front and rear

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.