Land use · Botetourt County Unincorporated, Virginia

single-family dwelling

Named in 4 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 Botetourt County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

shall be known as the setback line. b. In the R-2 district, for single-family dwellings , the minimum lot width at the setback line shall be eighty (80) feet or more, and for two-family dwellings, the minimum

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established as a district in which the principal use of land is for single-family dwellings . Therefore, in the R-1 district, the specific intent of this chapter is to encourage the construction of, and the continued use

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family health care structures. (1) In any use district that allows for a single-family dwelling , temporary family health care structures shall be allowed to be placed on a lot, provided that: a. The primary use of

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in calculating floor area ratios. **Bay:** (See land bay). **Bed and breakfast:** A single-family dwelling , or portion thereof, where short-term lodging is provided for compensation to transient guests only. The operator may or may not live

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right4

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.