Land use · Radford, Virginia

duplex

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 Radford’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

commonly known as a "townhouse" shall be considered a single-family attached dwelling. **Dwelling, duplex ** means a building that contains two dwelling units. **Dwelling unit** means a room or group of rooms within a building and

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center, publicly owned and operated; 4. Churches and other places of worship; 5. Duplexes ; 6. Bed and breakfast establishments; 7. Living quarters, in the main building, of owner-occupied single-family dwellings, when such living quarters are

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are met, except that no main building containing a single-family dwelling or a duplex dwelling shall be located on a lot with any other main building. (Ord. No. 1553, 5-14-07) **Sec. 120.1-162. - Public street

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attached dwelling R-5 District | 2 per dwelling unit | | 5 | Duplex dwelling unit R-4 District | 1 per bedroom for 1, 2, and 3 bedrooms, plus 1.3 per bedroom in excess of

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.