with the citizens. Typical uses include federal, state, city, town and county offices. ** Group home ** — means a building used as a dwelling unit where not more than eight mentally ill, intellectually disabled, or other developmentally
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group home
Named in 1 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 Altavista’s own text settles what this covers.
Chapter 2Reads like a definition
care home | Subject to section 86-477, special use permit required | | Group home | Subject to Code of Virginia § 15.2-2291 | | Home garden | — | | Home occupation | Subject to
Read it in the chapter →per dwelling unit | | Family daycare home | No requirement | | Group home | 2 spaces per facility | | Home occupation | No requirement | | Kennel, private | No requirement | |
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