Land use · Alexandria, Virginia

convenience store

Named in 1 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 Alexandria’s own text settles what this covers.

(limited to a maximum of 5,000 square feet); - Furniture; - Groceries and convenience stores ; - Hardware, paint and wallpaper; - Household goods; - Jewelry, leather goods and luggage; - Lawn and garden supplies; - Musical

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(4) Day care center; (5) Drugstore; (6) Gift shop; (7) Grocery store or convenience store , where products are not prepared or consumed on premises; (8) Health and athletic club or fitness studio; (8.1) Medical care facility;

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Multi-unit dwelling; amusement enterprise; active and/or congregate recreational facilities; business and professional office; convenience store ; day care center; health and athletic club; home for the elderly; improved outdoor recreational facilities intended for passive and/or non-congregate recreational

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.