City of Colonial Heights, VA Chapter 229 Property, Religious

[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Colonial Heights 1-12-1988 as Ord. No. 87-43. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Zoning — See Ch. 286.

§ 229-1 Use of land for religious purposes.

As provided in § 57-12 of the Code of Virginia (1950), trustees of a religious organization may take and hold in the City not more than fifty (50) acres of land at any one (1) time, provided that acreage is to be devoted exclusively and is subsequently devoted to a church building, chapel, cemetery, offices exclusively used for administrative purposes of the church, a Sunday school building and playgrounds therefor and parking lots for the convenience of those attending any of the foregoing and a church, manse, parsonage or rectory.