"R-1A" Single-Family Residence District; 2. Institutions of an educational or religious nature; 3. Two-family dwellings ; 4. Short-term rental of an existing dwelling, subject to the provisions of Article 39, Short-term rental regulations. (Ord. No. 2025-RES-041, Exh.
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Two-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.
following purposes: 1. 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;
Read it in the chapter →the front or side yard of any lot, improved with a single-family or two-family dwelling , zoned for residential use, except on a lawfully paved surface. For this purpose, the front yard of corner lots shall be
Read it in the chapter →a dwelling district. (2) For the purpose of the side yard regulations, a two-family dwelling or a multiple dwelling shall be considered as one building occupying one lot. (3) The minimum width of side yards for
Read it in the chapter →a lot zoned for business or industrial purposes, the board may permit a two-family dwelling ; (b) On a lot in the "R-3" Two-Family Residence District which sides upon a lot zoned for business or industrial purposes,
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