Land use · Dumfries, Virginia

single-family dwelling

Named in 2 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.

only one dwelling unit. **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-ceiling and/or connecting permanent structures such as

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erected or land to be used shall be for the following uses: 1. Single-family dwellings . 2. Churches and other places of worship. 3. Accessory uses as defined in this chapter. However, no accessory use may be

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.