Land use · Elkton, Virginia

family care home

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 Elkton’s own text settles what this covers.

shall not be located closer than 50 feet from any residential lot. 5. Family care homes , foster homes, or group homes serving the mentally retarded, developmentally disabled or others, rest homes, homes for adults, or nursing homes,

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.