Land use · Big Stone Gap, Virginia

multiple-family 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 Big Stone Gap’s own text settles what this covers.

the public in contra-distinction to a boarding, rooming or loading house, or a multiple-family dwelling which are herein separately defined. A hotel may include restaurants, taverns, or club rooms, public banquet halls, ballrooms, and meeting rooms.

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Article 6. 3. Townhouses, subject to the special regulations of Article 6. 4. Multiple-family dwellings . 5. Business or professional office buildings limited to two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet. 6. Clinic or medical office buildings

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per 200 square feet of sales office area, 4 spaces minimum | | Multiple-family dwelling , more than 3 dwelling units | 1.5 per dwelling unit | | Office or office building (other than medical) post office,

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.