is to be jointly maintained. **Building.** A structure with a roof intended for shelter or enclosure. **Building area.** The total area covered by enclosed building space including total area of all covered open space (except
Read it in the chapter →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.
and helistops | P | P | | Animal hospitals, veterinary establishments, pounds, shelters , and commercial kennels | C | C | | Automobile museums | C | C | | Automobile service stations, provided
Read it in the chapter →by law: (a) The construction and maintenance of noncommercial catwalks, piers, boathouses, boat shelters , fences, duckblinds, wildlife management shelters, footbridges, observation decks and shelters and other similar structures; provided that such structures are so constructed
Read it in the chapter →business studios, eleemosynary and philanthropic institutions, veterinary establishments, commercial kennels, animal pounds and shelters , wholesaling and distribution operations, laboratories other than medical, passenger transportation terminals and broadcasting studios | One space per four hundred (400)
Read it in the chapter →church, park, or school | X | | Animal hospitals, veterinary establishments, pounds, shelters and commercial kennels, provided that all animals shall be kept in soundproofed, air-conditioned buildings | P | | Assembly uses |
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