Land use · Petersburg, Virginia

residential townhouses

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.

permitted uses are as follows: (a) Residential: (1) Single-family and two-family residences; (2) Residential townhouses . (3) Redevelopment and adaptive reuse of existing structures, originally designed for ground level commercial use and upper floor residential use, to

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used for the following purpose: (a) **Residential:** (1) Single-family and two-family residences; (2) Residential townhouses ; (3) Short-term rental of an existing dwelling, subject to the provisions of Article 39, Short-term rental regulations. (b) **Retail, shopkeeper, commercial

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.