Land use · Essex County Unincorporated, Virginia

duplexes

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.

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is commonly known as a firewall. **Dwelling, two-family** also referred to as a duplex ; means a structure arranged or designed to be occupied by two families, the structure having only two dwelling units. **Easement** means

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units of varying types. Permitted residential uses include: Attached and detached single-family dwellings, duplexes , townhouses and attached and detached multi-family (condominiums and/or apartments) units. Multi-family residential uses would be permitted to be vertically integrated with

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