Land use · Madison County Unincorporated, Virginia

Single 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 Madison County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

for temporary emergency housing may be placed and used in zoning districts where single-family dwellings are permitted at the site of the destroyed or damaged dwelling upon issuance of a temporary zoning permit by the zoning

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family. ### 20-67. Dwelling, Single Family, Attached A group of two or more single family dwelling units which are joined to one another by a common party wall, a common floor or ceiling and/or connecting permanent structures

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dwellings, and related principal and accessory uses and structures; ###### A.2.2.2. Additions to single family dwellings , detached or attached, manufactured mobile homes or duplex dwellings, and related accessory uses and structures; ###### A.2.2.3. Accessory buildings and structures,

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for family life. Permitted uses thus are limited to relatively low concentrations of single family dwellings and complementary uses such as schools, churches, and parks and public facilities that serve the district's residents. More intense uses such

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this district cover more than 35 percent of the total lot area. **7-3-1.1** Single-family dwellings shall require a minimum lot area of 8,000 square feet. **7-3-1.2.** Townhouse dwellings shall require a minimum lot area of 2,000

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.