Land use · Halifax, Virginia

home occupations

Named in 3 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 Halifax’s own text settles what this covers.

and flowers generally for use or consumption by the occupants of the premises. ** Home occupation .** An occupation carried on by the occupants of a dwelling as a secondary use in connection with which there is no

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churches and certain public facilities that serve the residents of the district. No home occupations , including room renting, are permitted. (Code 2000, § 16.41) ### Sec. 53-238. — Use regulations. In residential, limited, district R-1 structures

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hospitals; 9. Clubs and lodges; 10. Parks and playgrounds; 11. Professional offices; 12. Home occupations , conducted by the occupant; 13. Off-street parking as required by this chapter; 14. Accessory buildings; however, garages and other accessory structures,

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structures clearly subordinate and incidental to the permitted principal uses and structures. 13. Home occupation . (Ord. No. 2021-11, § 1, 4-5-2021) ### Sec. 53-392. - Uses permitted with conditional use permit. Uses permitted in PUDs with

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boating clubs; 6. Sawmills; 7. Small boat docks, with repair; 8. Cemeteries; 9. Home occupations ; 10. Industrialized/modular buildings used for single-family residential occupancy; 11. Public utility generating, booster or relay stations, transformer substations, lines and towers

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Prohibited1

Expressly not allowed.