Land use · Stafford County Unincorporated, Virginia

Place of worship

Named in 16 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 Stafford County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

subject to state licensing. ## Churchyard. An area on a lot surrounding a place of worship (as exempted from zoning regulation by Virginia Code § 57-26). ## Civic buildings and uses. A building or area that may

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of at least six (6) units per acre. Allowed nonresidential uses also include places of worship , schools, and other civic uses. 2. **Residential Mixed Use (UD-3).** In addition to townhouses, the UD-3 subdistrict allows apartments at a

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to twenty (20) percent of the required parking may be permitted for a place of worship or other similar use that has infrequent daily demands of required parking, where such use has shared parking, as approved by

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right10

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use6

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.