Land use · Dumfries, Virginia

duplex

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 Dumfries’s own text settles what this covers.

movable container holding two cubic yards or more of garbage, refuse or rubbish. ** Duplex .** Shall mean a building containing two dwelling units with not more than one family occupying each dwelling unit. **Dwelling.** A building

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conditional use permit. 10. Philanthropic uses, with a conditional use permit. 11. No duplex shall contain less than 800 square feet of habitable floor space per dwelling unit. The dwelling units of a duplex shall

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.