Land use · Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia

Dwelling, single-family

Named in 14 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 Essex County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 10Reads like a definition

be garden apartments, low- and high-rise apartments, apartments for elderly housing and condominiums. ** Dwelling, single-family ** means a site built or modular building designed for and used exclusively as one dwelling unit for permanent occupancy by one

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of Required Parking Spaces | |------|------------------------------------------| | **Residential Uses** | | | Manufactured dwelling, single-family or two-family dwellings, accessory dwellings, townhouses, and group home | 2 for each dwelling unit; 1 for each accessory dwelling |

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right14

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.