Land use · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Museums and art galleries

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 Virginia Beach’s own text settles what this covers.

upon the surrounding area: (1) Bed and breakfast inns; (2) Antique shops; (3) Museums and art galleries ; (4) Specialty shops; (5) Offices of nonprofit organizations; and (6) Assembly uses. (b) No conditional use permit shall be required for

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(100) feet from any lot zoned Residential or Apartment | P | | Museums and art galleries | P | | Off-site parking facilities in connection with any permitted or conditional use within the RT-1 or RT-3 Resort

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a hotel | One space per twenty (20) seating capacity | | (22) Museums and art galleries | Ten (10) spaces and one additional space for each three hundred (300) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof

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the principal use are fully enclosed within a building | P | | Museums and art galleries | P | | Off-site parking facilities, subject to the provisions of section 2212 | P | | Pharmacies, provided that

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the principal use are fully enclosed within a building | X | | Museums and art galleries | P | | Off-site parking facilities, subject to the provisions of section 2406 | P | | Office | P

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right6

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.