Land use · Franklin, Virginia

single-family dwelling

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 Franklin’s own text settles what this covers.

the building. **(2)** Any lot lawfully of record may be used for a single-family dwelling , even though such lot does not meet the current lot area or lot frontage (width) requirements of the district, provided all

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in the B-1, B-2 and or R zoning districts which contains two detached single family dwellings or a single family dwelling and or a business that front on a public street may be subdivided into no more

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or any overwater structures, except private overwater piers and boat houses accessory to single-family dwellings ; (5) Commercial or industrial buildings or developments; (6) Mobile home parks; (7) Campgrounds; (8) Public parks and recreation facilities; (9) Public

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is substantially contained within the structure of, and clearly subordinate secondary to, a single-family dwelling . *[Added by Ord. No. 2018-05, 6-25-2018]* **ACCESSORY USE** — A use customarily incidental and subordinate to, and on the same lot

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uses. [Amended by Ord. No. 6-12-2000(2); Ord. of 4-28-2002(3); Ord. of 10-11-2021] 1. Single-family dwelling , detached. 2. Public park or playground. 3. Existing railroad lines, not including switching or storage yard, or other station facilities. 4.

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