Land use · Falls Church, Virginia

apartment

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 Falls Church’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

chance. Musical instruments, music players, jukeboxes, vending machines and dispensers are not included. ** Apartment ** means a room or suite of rooms fitted especially with cooking and housekeeping facilities used, leased and/or owned as a dwelling.

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a manner that will be compatible with adjacent uses such as detached housing, apartments or commercial developments. The cluster residence district may serve as a transition between commercial and low density residential areas as well

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future development of the surrounding residential community. ## (3) Four to six story apartments in the R-M district Multifamily dwellings over three stories in height, in accordance with the following supplemental regulations: ### a. Minimum

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this section, a sidewalk sign shall not be considered a temporary sign. (11) *Subdivision/ apartment identification.* A sign located at the entrance to a residential subdivision or apartment project, which bears any one or all of

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.