Land use · Covington, Virginia

business establishment

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 Covington’s own text settles what this covers.

dry cleaning plants serving more than one retail outlet shall be prohibited. **(2-5)** Business establishments which perform services on the premises, such as, but not limited to: Banks, financial offices, insurance offices and real estate. **(2-6)**

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means a group of three or more retail stores or shops or other business establishments on a site of two acres or more planned, developed, owned and managed as a unit and related in its location,

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.