Land use · Ashland, Virginia

single-family detached dwelling

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 Ashland’s own text settles what this covers.

unit that is incidental to and contained within the same structure as a single-family detached dwelling unit or within an accessory building on the same lot, and which meets all of the conditions and limitations for such

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(g) Accessory buildings as defined. (h) Churches or other places of worship. (i) Single-family detached dwellings . (j) Fraternity and sorority houses, with a conditional use permit. (k) Home occupations. (l) Wireless communications antennas and related equipment, with

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provided in subsection (b) below: 1. All development in all districts, except a single-family detached dwelling on an individual lot and its accessory structures; 2. All development requiring a site plan as a component of the plan

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which a site plan is required by ATC section 21-185, provided that a single-family detached dwelling on an individual lot and its accessory structures and uses shall not require a landscape plan unless such plan is required

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Cottage Court, with a conditional use permit - Dwelling, Single-Family Attached - Dwelling, Single-Family Detached - Dwelling , Townhome - Dwelling, Two-Family, with a conditional use permit - Educational Facility, with a conditional use permit and as an accessory

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.