Land use · Petersburg, Virginia

swimming pool

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 in the "R-1A" Single-Family Residence District; 2. Town houses for sale; 3. Swimming pools , recreational and athletic facilities, community buildings and other similar related improvements for the common use of occupants of the development, and

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barbershops; 14. Athletic and recreational facilities and fields to include golf courses; 15. Swimming pools , community buildings, and other similar related improvements; 16. Amusement places in an enclosed building, auditorium; 17. Outdoor advertising structures or signs

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not exceed a height of seven (7) feet. (5) Accessory, open and uncovered swimming pools and home barbecue grills may occupy a required rear yard, provided they are not located closer than five (5) feet to

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surrounding property, persons, and neighborhood values; (9) Privately or commercially operated recreational lake, swimming pool , and tennis courts; (10) Off-street parking areas, adjacent to, or at a reasonable distance from, the premises on which parking areas

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uses including, but not limited to, accessory private garages, servants' quarters, guest houses, swimming pools , home barbeque grills, customary church bulletin boards or identification signs not exceeding sixteen (16) square feet in area for permitted public

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Where it is allowed here

Accessory1

Allowed as a secondary activity to the main use.