Land use · Bristol, Virginia

single-family attached 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 Bristol’s own text settles what this covers.

any other unit by one or more common walls. Also referred to as single-family attached dwellings . **Dwelling, two-family** means a single residential building containing two dwelling units, designed for occupancy by not more than two families each

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that are not compatible with a low-density residential environment. This district allows for single-family attached dwellings or townhouses (through the townhouse development standards) connected horizontally with compacted front, rear, and side yards, and typically having their own

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.