Land use · Bristol, Virginia

townhouse

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.

Chapter 18Reads like a definition

and which is not attached to any other dwelling by any means. **Dwelling, townhouse ** means a grouping of three or more attached single-family dwellings in a row in which each unit has its own front

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# DIVISION 10 ## DESIGN AND USE STANDARDS ### Sec. 50-118. — Townhouses . **(a) Purpose.** The regulations set forth in this section or set forth elsewhere in this article, when referred to in this

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This provision shall not be applicable to garages or carports for row or townhouse attached dwellings, nor shall it be applicable to garages or carports for multi-structure apartment or condominium complexes when all the buildings

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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 entry from

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| **RESIDENTIAL** | **RESIDENTIAL** | | Single-Family Dwelling | Two-Family Dwelling | | Townhouse , as regulated in § 50-118 | Group Home | | Accessory Uses and Accessory Dwelling, as regulated in § 50-134 |

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.