Land use · Powhatan County Unincorporated, Virginia

Accessory apartment

Named in 3 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 Powhatan County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

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cases where adjoining parcels of land are separated by a street or alley. ** Accessory apartment ** means a secondary dwelling unit established in conjunction with, and clearly subordinate to, the principal dwelling unit on a lot, contained

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any referenced use-specific standards and all other applicable regulations of this chapter: (1) Accessory apartment ; (2) Accessory dwelling unit (detached); (3) Amateur radio antenna; (4) Bed and breakfast inn; (5) Eating establishment (as accessory to an

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any referenced use-specific standards and all other applicable regulations of this chapter: (1) Accessory apartment ; (2) Amateur radio antenna; (3) Electric vehicle (EV) level 1 or 2 charging station; (4) Family day care home; (5) Home

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any referenced use-specific standards and all other applicable regulations of this chapter: 1. Accessory apartment ; 2. Amateur radio antenna; 3. Electric vehicle (EV) level 1 or 2 charging station; 4. Family day care home; 5. Home

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O-2013-07, 9-16-13) Sec. 83-438. - Standards for specific accessory uses and structures. (a) Accessory apartment . Accessory apartments shall comply with the following standards: (1) Accessory apartments are allowed as accessory uses only to single-family detached dwellings,

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Where it is allowed here

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Allowed as a secondary activity to the main use.