Sec. 5.1.34

An accessory apartment shall be permitted only within the structure of the main dwelling to which it is accessory. Usage of freestanding garage or other accessory structure for an accessory apartment is expressly prohibited.

Not more than one accessory apartment shall be permitted within any single-family detached dwelling.

The gross floor area devoted to an accessory apartment shall not exceed 35 percent of the total gross floor area of the structure in which it is located.

The owner must reside in any dwelling to which the apartment unit is accessory or the apartment unit itself.

For lots not served by a central sewer system, no accessory apartment shall be established without written approval from the local office of the Virginia Department of Health of the location and area for both original and future replacement fields adequate to serve the main dwelling and accessory apartment.

A single-family dwelling which adds an accessory apartment shall be deemed to remain a single-family dwelling and shall be considered one dwelling unit for purposes of area and bulk regulations of the district in which such dwelling is located.

Any single family dwelling containing an accessory apartment shall be provided with a minimum of three off-street parking spaces, arranged so that each parking space shall have reasonably uninhibited access to the street, subject to approval of the zoning administrator.