other similar houses of worship; meeting halls, clubs, and membership organizations. Recognizing that theaters and other entertainment establishments are commercial enterprises having a different pattern of use, these uses are considered to be commercial uses rather than assembly uses.
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theaters and other entertainment establishments
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 Chesapeake’s own text settles what this covers.