Land use · Chatham, Virginia

home occupation

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 Chatham’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 3Reads like a definition

building, the zoning administrator may seek the advice of the Pittsylvania Historical Society. ** Home occupation ** means an occupation carried on by the occupant of a dwelling in a residential zone as a secondary use in connection

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(3) The office of a resident member of a recognized profession. (4) Customary home occupations , such as: dressmaking, millinery, hairdressing and manicuring, laundering, preserving, and home-cooking; provided that such occupation shall be carried on solely by

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.