Land use · Richmond, Virginia

Shopping centers

Named in 5 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

fenders, doors, bumpers or other major body or mechanical parts. .97 **Reserved.** .98 ** Shopping center ** means a development that contains four or more retail or other commercial buildings planned, developed and managed as a unit and

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the premises in the conduct of any service or repair activity; ## (26) Shopping centers containing uses permitted in this district; ## (27) Tourist homes; ## (28) Wireless communications facilities, microwave relay facilities, and radio broadcast

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subsection (2) of this section. #### b. On any lot utilized for a shopping center , one freestanding sign not exceeding 32 square feet in area or ten feet in height shall be permitted on a shopping

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right5

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.