Land use · Southampton County Unincorporated, Virginia

Accessory dwelling unit

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 Southampton County Unincorporated’s own text settles what this covers.

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meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: **Abattoir** means a commercial slaughterhouse. ** Accessory dwelling unit (ADU)** means a permanent single-family dwelling as defined herein which shall only be located within, attached to, or on the same

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lot line. These requirements do not apply to a structure defined as an accessory dwelling unit (ADU). ### (7) Satellite dish antennas or receiving stations and similar devices are deemed to be accessory structures and shall not

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the zoning district regulations of the various zoning districts. 2. Reserved. 3. An accessory dwelling unit in a single-family dwelling or in an accessory building in an agricultural or residential district, provided that either the main dwelling

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Accessory buildings and uses, including, but not limited to, accessory private garages, an accessory dwelling unit per section 18-424(h)(8), accessory farm buildings and other structures, servants or caretakers quarters, temporary family health care structures, as prescribed by

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Accessory buildings and uses, including, but not limited to, accessory private garages, an accessory dwelling unit per section 18-424(h)(8), accessory farm buildings and other structures, servants or caretakers quarters, guest houses, swimming pools, temporary family health care

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Where it is allowed here

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Allowed as a secondary activity to the main use.