Land use · Petersburg, Virginia

Multiple-family dwellings

Named in 1 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 Petersburg’s own text settles what this covers.

Any use permitted in the "R-1A" Single-Family Residence District; 2. Two-family dwelling; 3. Multiple-family dwelling or group of dwellings designed to be operated as a unit by an individual, partnership, corporation or cooperative; 4. Off-street parking

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in the "R-1" Two-Family Residence District and the "R-3" Two-Family Residence District; 2. Multiple-family dwellings ; 3. Private clubs, fraternities, sororities, and lodges excepting those the chief activity of which is a service customarily carried on as

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originally designed for ground level commercial use and upper floor residential use, to multiple-family dwelling designed to be operated as a unit by an individual, partnership, corporation or cooperative. Such redevelopment/adaptive reuse shall not exceed four

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carry-out establishments; 9. Coffee shops; 10. Ice cream parlor; 11. Convention center; 12. Multiple-family dwelling ; 13. Incidental uses in multi-family dwellings and office buildings for the convenience of the occupants thereof, including but not limited to

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(Ord. No. 2025-RES-041, Exh. A, 6-17-2025) ### Section 5. - Short-term rental of multiple-family dwelling units. For multiple-family dwellings, a maximum of ten (10) or one-third (⅓) of the dwelling units, whichever is lesser, on a

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.