Outdoor Commercial Activity (Link)
To assist business owners who have been negatively impacted by various restrictions related to the novel coronavirus, Town Council approved an extension of the emergency ordinance to permit outdoor business operations to March 31, 2021, unless extended, amended, rescinded, or readopted by Town Council. This includes outdoor dining and any other outdoor commercial activity.
Institutional Outdoor Operations (Link)
As public, semi-public, and private institutions have been impacted by the novel coronavirus due to varied restrictions, Town Council approved an emergency ordinance to permit outdoor operations under certain conditions covered by the governor’s most recent executive orders and other state- and local-mandated health and fire marshal precautions. The emergency ordinance is valid until January 31, 2021, unless extended, amended, rescinded, or readopted by Town Council.
Commercial Child Day Care (Link)
The Town of Vienna Code currently only allows “family day homes” and child day care centers under a Home Occupation Permit for seven or fewer children or as a Conditional Use Permit for more than seven children in RS-16 Single-Family Residential, RS-12.5 Single-Family Residential, RS-10 Single-Family Residential, and RM-2 Multi-Family Residential zones. Town Code does not allow day care centers to be located in the Town’s commercial and industrial, zoning districts and may impose restrictions in other zones.
The emergency ordinance is valid only for establishments located in commercial and industrial zoning districts that already are approved to operate by right and for other public, semi-public, and private institutions in other zones. It gives the Town Manager authority to issue temporary emergency commercial child day care use permits to existing Town of Vienna businesses in commercially zoned districts. Permitted businesses must have:
- a current and valid Town of Vienna business license
- a child day care (CDC) license from the Virginia Department of social services
- a diagram showing the onsite location of available parking and pick-up/drop-off locations.
Provisions of the emergency ordinance shall remain in full force and effect until January 31, 2021, unless extended, amended, rescinded, or readopted by Town Council.