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The
"Community Center" Label: |
Permitted
Uses in ROS Zoning
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The Valley Forward restauraunt project is described by VF as a "Community Center," despite the fact that the two restaurants in the building would occupy 70% of the space. (Square footage for the restaurants would be 5,000 and 2,000 sq. ft. for a total of 7,000, while the "community room" would occupy 3,000 sq. ft., 30% of the 10,000 total space.) For VF's project, the advantage of the "community center" label is that ROS ("recreation and open space") zoning permits a community center, but not a restaurant. |
What
is a Community Center?
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Nearly every medium-sized or larger hotel or motel in the area offers one or more rooms which will accommodate a large meeting or exhibtion, and generally with the option of food service. Similarly, several Roanoke Valley restaurants offer meeting rooms with food service. The two Valley civic centers, some area churches, colleges, recreation centers, libraries and other local facilities also offer meeting rooms. Are all of these to be given the label of Community Center? They appear to be as well qualified for that designation as VF's restaurant project. It then follows that ROS zoning would permit any of the above-listed facilities/businesses. |
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