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 Gate City’s own text settles what this covers.
the total floor area, use, adaptability, or external appearance of an existing structure. ** Apartments ** means a building used or intended to be used as the residence of three or more families living independently of each
Read it in the chapter →provision for entrance and exit by standard sized automobiles, as follows: (1) For apartments , at least 1½ parking space for every dwelling. (2) For car wash (self-service), at least three standing or parking spaces for
Read it in the chapter →and the division of motor vehicles properties to the property line of Gatewood Apartments , then along said property line to the extended centerline of the post office access road, then along said line back to
Read it in the chapter →one or more of the following uses: 1. Agriculture and home gardens. 2. Apartments , with a special exception and use permit. 3. Boardinghouses. 4. Single-family dwellings; conventional, site-built, single unit construction or modular home as
Read it in the chapter →or structure may be closer than three feet to any property line. (16) Apartments , condominiums, duplexes, and other multiple family dwellings. (17) Pharmacies. (18) Medical doctor/physicians' offices being professional offices involving the healing arts as
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