Land use · Martinsville, Virginia

group home (9 or more residents)

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 Martinsville’s own text settles what this covers.

home (8 or fewer residents) | 1 per 2 resident beds | | Group home (9 or more residents ) | 1 per 3 resident beds | | Live-work residence | 2 per dwelling unit | | Temporary marketing office for

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