Land use · Fredericksburg, Virginia

single-family detached 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 Fredericksburg’s own text settles what this covers.

preserve and enhance the aesthetic and historic values of the designated entryway. (2) Single-family detached dwellings are exempt from corridor overlay design review, except for streetscape buffers, as contained in § 72-34.6 of this chapter. ### B.

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Residential District. A. **Purpose.** The R-2 Residential District is established to provide for single-family detached dwellings in suburban-style subdivisions at a density not to exceed two dwelling units per acre. The district also allows selected uses which

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within characteristics identified in the use category. For example, duplex dwellings, live/work dwellings, single-family detached dwellings , and single-family attached dwellings are use types in the household living use category. **C. Uses allowed by right.** (1) A "P"

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in any one section of a subdivision and shall be used only for single-family, detached dwellings . A pipestem driveway shall serve no more than three lots, shall have a width of no less than 12 feet, and

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72-42.6D, Home occupations). 2. **Examples.** Example use types include detached residential dwellings like single-family detached dwellings , single-family attached structures, duplexes, multifamily uses, and residential uses in the same building as nonresidential uses like live/work units or upper-story

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.