Land use · Halifax County Unincorporated, Virginia

Residential human care facility

Named in 2 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 Halifax County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

**Required open space.** Any space required in any front, side or rear yard. ** Residential human care facility .** A building other than a boardinghouse, hotel or group house preponderantly residential in character serving retarded or other developmentally disabled persons,

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permit issued by the board of supervisors; 17. Housing for the elderly; 18. Residential human care facility ; 19. Special care facility; 20. Community centers, if issued a conditional use permit; 21. Short term rental; 22. Short term rental

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permit; 38. Housing for the elderly, if issued a conditional use permit; 39. Residential human care facility , if issued a conditional use permit; 40. Special care facility, if issued a conditional use permit; 41. Commercial firing range, indoor,

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.