Use & Occupancy Classifications
Use & Occupancy Classifications with Examples
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Assembly Uses
- A1 - Theatres and concert halls
- A2 - Restaurants, night clubs, banquet halls and bars
- A3 - Gyms (without spectator seating), churches, bowling alleys and exhibition halls
- A4 - Indoor arenas, skating rinks, swimming pools and tennis courts
- A5 - Amusement parks, grandstands, stadiums and bleachers
Business Use
- B - Banks, professional offices, barber shops and beauty shops
Educational Use
- E - Schools and daycares
Factory
- F1 - Manufacturing, fabricating and assembling products of moderate hazard
Example: Bakeries, cabinet shops, dry cleaning, food processing, laundries, printing or publishing, refuse incineration - F2 - Manufacturing or fabricating products of low-hazard
Example: Ceramic products, brick or masonry, foundries, gypsum, ice
Hazardous
- H1 - Detonation hazard.
- H2 - Deflagration or accelerated burning hazard.
- H3 - Readily support combustion or pose a physical threat.
- H4 - Health hazard
- H5 - Hazardous production materials
Institutional
- I1 - More than 16 persons on a 24-hour basis
Example: Assisted living, alcohol and drug centers, group homes, half-way houses, convalescent facilities. - I2 - More than 5 persons not capable of self-preservation
Example: Hospitals, nursing homes, mental hospitals, detoxification facilities. - I3 - Correctional centers, detention centers, jail, prisons
- I4 - Day Care Facilities for less than 24 hours for more then 5 persons
Example: Adult-care facility and children facility.
Mercantile
- M - Drug store, department stores, markets, motor fuel-dispensing facilities, retail or wholesale stores, sales rooms
Residential
- R1 - Boarding houses, hotels, motels
- R2 - Apartments, dormitories, vacation timeshares
- R3 - Child or adult care less than 6 persons, no more than 2 dwellings
- R4 - Care-assisted occupancies with 6 to 16 occupants excluding staff
- R5 - Single Family dwellings, townhouses, duplexes and accessory structures
Storage
- S1 - Moderate-hazard storage
Example: Paper products, wood products, tobacco products, wax candles, bulk storage tires, dry boat storage, motor vehicle repair garages - S2 - Low-hazard storage
Example: Metal products, aircraft hangar, parking garages, cement in bags, food products, dairy products, meats, mirrors, porcelain and pottery, frozen foods
Utility & Miscellaneous
- U - Sheds, storage tanks, towers, greenhouses, carports, retaining wall (not associated with an R5 occupancy)
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Development & Permits
Physical Address
306 Cedar Road
2nd Floor
Chesapeake, VA 23322
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 15225
Chesapeake, VA 23328
Phone: : 757-382-6018Fax: : 757-382-8448 or 757-382-8555
Email the permit and plan review staff directly
Hours
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
A drop box is available on the 2nd floor of City Hall for customer convenience outside of normal operating hours. The office will close (PDF) in observance of all State recognized holidays.