Permitted principal uses.
Richmond, Va., City Code § 30-432.1
in effectSec. 30-432.1. - Permitted principal uses.
The uses of buildings and premises listed in this section shall be permitted in the I district, subject to the master plan requirements set forth in this division.
(1) Single-family detached dwellings, provided that the regulations applicable to such uses in the R-5 district shall be met;
(2) Day nurseries, provided that:
a. A minimum outdoor play area of 100 square feet for each child enrolled shall be furnished on the premises, but not within a required front yard;
b. The play area shall be enclosed with a continuous opaque structural fence or wall not less than four feet in height, and such fence or wall shall not be located within a required front yard;
c. No play equipment or structure shall be located within a front yard or a required side yard;
(3) Churches, chapels, convents, monasteries and other places of worship, adjunct residential and administrative facilities and other uses operated by, and in conjunction with, religious institutions, and as an accessory use, emergency housing, subject to the provisions of Section 30-698;
(4) Public and private nonprofit schools and educational institutions, including dormitory, fraternity and sorority houses, classroom, administrative, recreational and student service facilities owned by or operated under the control of such school or institution, provided that no outdoor stadium or grandstand having a seating capacity in excess of 2,500 persons shall be permitted, and provided further that an indoor arena or auditorium having a seating capacity in excess of 2,500 persons shall be used only for educational, religious, cultural, civic, athletic and entertainment activities sponsored by or under the control of such institution, its student government, alumni association or other university (i.e., public and private nonprofit schools and educational institutions) related organization;
(5) Libraries, museums and similar uses operated by public or nonprofit agencies;
(6) Hospitals, public health clinics, adult care residences, group homes, adult day care facilities and nursing homes;
(7) Philanthropic, charitable and eleemosynary institutions, including social service delivery uses operated by such institutions;
(8) Uses owned or operated by a governmental agency, but not including facilities intended for incarceration or alternative sentencing or facilities primarily for the care, treatment or housing of persons who are currently illegally using or are addicted to a controlled substance as defined in Code of Virginia, § 54.1-3401;
(9) Parking areas serving uses permitted in this district, provided that any card reader or other access control device at an entrance to a parking area shall be provided with not less than one stacking space situated off the public right-of-way;
(10) Parking decks serving uses permitted in this district, provided that:
a. Not less than one exit lane and one entrance lane shall be provided for each 300 parking spaces or major fraction thereof contained within the structure, and any card reader or other access control device at an entrance to a parking deck shall be provided with not less than one stacking space situated off the public right-of-way;
b. Parking spaces contained therein shall be screened from view from abutting streets by structural material of not less than 45 percent opacity;
(11) Rights-of-way, easements and appurtenances necessary for the provision and maintenance of public utilities and public transportation, including streets, rail lines, power lines, cables, poles, pipes, meters, transformers and similar devices, but not including railroad yards, freight or passenger depots, loading platforms, generating plants, transformer stations, electric substations, utility storage yards and similar uses;
(12) Wireless communications facilities and microwave relay facilities, including support structures, on property owned by the city, subject to location, character and extent approval by the City Planning Commission in accordance with section 17.07 of the City Charter.
(13) Short-term rental, subject to the requirements of Article VI, Division 14 of this chapter.
(Code 1993, § 32-432.1; Code 2004, § 114-432.1; Code 2015, § 30-432.1; Code 2020, § 30-432.1; Ord. No. 2004-180-167, § 1, 6-28-2004; Ord. No. 2020-261, § 1, 3-8-2021; Ord. No. 2023-235, § 2, 9-25-2023; Ord. No. 2024-314, § 2(30-432.1), 12-9-2024)
Source: City of Richmond, Virginia, Code (2026 recodification) and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH30ZO_ARTIVDIRE_DIV17IINDI_S30-432.1PEPRUSFetched: 11/8/2026