Land use · Radford, Virginia

Retail stores and shops

Named in 2 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 Radford’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

for take-out purposes, including cafes, tearooms, confectionery shops, refreshment stands and similar establishments. ** Retail stores and shops ** means buildings wherein the principal activity is the sale of merchandise at retail to the general public, and where such merchandise

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is designed to accommodate off-campus housing for students, staff and faculty along with retail stores and shops , restaurants, and other commercial uses at locations convenient to the Radford University campus and its environs and result in minimal impact

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seasonal decoration purposes and except for purposes of illumination of display windows of retail stores and shops and restaurants. (Ord. No. 1553, 5-14-07) # Sec. 120.1-178. - Purpose. The purpose of these requirements is to enhance the appearance

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.