Land use · Richmond, Virginia

private noncommercial park

Named in 7 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 Richmond’s own text settles what this covers.

premises; (5) Public and private noncommercial forests, wildlife preserves and conservation areas; (6) Private noncommercial parks , recreational facilities, country clubs, swimming pools, athletic fields, community center buildings and uses incidental thereto, operated by associations or organizations not

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right7

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.