Land use · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Day-care centers and child care education centers

Named in 6 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 Virginia Beach’s own text settles what this covers.

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right4

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use2

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.