Land use · Purcellville, Virginia

Dwelling, single-family detached farmhouse

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 Purcellville’s own text settles what this covers.

other main buildings on the same lot or on adjacent lots. | | Dwelling, single-family detached farmhouse | A single-family dwelling entirely surrounded by a yard and located on or abutting an agriculture/horticulture use occupied by the owner

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.