Land use · Amherst, Virginia

Bed and breakfast lodging

Named in 8 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 Amherst’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

document on which property lines are depicted to the most accurate scale available. ** Bed and breakfast lodging ** means a single-family dwelling containing sleeping and breakfast accommodations as an accessory use to the principal use. Such lodging shall have

Read it in the chapter →

| | | | S | S | P | P | | Bed and breakfast lodging , provided that the owner and family must occupy the residence and own the business, the single-family dwelling appearance be maintained, and

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right4

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use4

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.