Land use · Richmond, Virginia

retail store

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 Richmond’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 12Reads like a definition

revenue is derived from the sale, offering, or distribution of such materials. .94 ** Retail stores and shops** means establishments wherein the principal activity is the sale of merchandise at retail to the general public, including incidental

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included in calculation of the total floor area devoted to the use. (6) Retail stores . (7) Offices, including businesses, professional, and administrative offices, and studios of writers, designers, and artists engaged in the graphic and visual

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.