Land use · Albemarle County Unincorporated, Virginia

detached single-family dwellings

Named in 2 of this ordinance’s zoning districts.

How this ordinance defines it

The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Albemarle County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

unless they can be reduced pursuant to section 4.11 of this chapter. 4. ** Detached single family dwelling where nonconformity is its noncompliance with setback.** The detached single family dwelling is a nonconforming structure because it does not comply

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Boarding houses. 4. Condominiums. 5. Group homes (reference 5.1.07). 6. Tourist lodging within detached single-family dwellings existing on June 4, 2008. 7. Dwellings occupied by the owner or employees of a permitted commercial use, and their families

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.