Land use · Appomattox, Virginia

apartment house

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 Appomattox’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

the total floor area, use, adaptability or external appearance of any existing structure. ** Apartment house ** means a building used or intended to be used as the residence of three or more families living independently of each

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or more of the following uses: 1. Single-family dwellings. 2. Multiple-family dwellings and apartment houses , including screening or landscaping, playground area, on-site resident manager, entrance approvals pursuant to state department of transportation requirements, a limited number

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.