Land use · Petersburg, Virginia

two-family residences

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.

Use District, the 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

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.