Land use · Winchester, Virginia

community garden

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 Winchester’s own text settles what this covers.

ornamental crops, such as flowers, for personal or group use, consumption or donation. Community gardens may be divided into separate plots for cultivation by one or more individuals or may be farmed collectively by members of

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for recreational purposes. Such improvements may include, but shall not be limited to, community gardens , pedestrian ways and bicycle paths, play lots and playgrounds, tennis courts and swimming and boating areas. (Ord. No. 2024-17, 11-26-2024) #####

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Public libraries. #### 15-1-6 Fire and rescue squad stations. #### 15-1-7 Public parks, community gardens , and playgrounds. (10/12/10, Case TA-10-418, Ord. No. 2010-51) #### 15-1-8 Churches and places of religious worship, but not including rescue missions

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of such cemeteries when the expansion abuts the existing cemetery. **16.1-1-7** Public parks, community gardens , playgrounds and playfields. (10/12/10, Case TA-10-418, Ord. No. 2010-51) **16.1-1-8** Public Libraries. **16.1-1-9** Public utilities, such as poles, lines, distribution transformers,

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in which it is located, the lot may nevertheless be used for a community garden , if that use is permitted in the district in which the lot is located, or for permissible uses which are accessory

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