Land use · Radford, Virginia

Group home

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

or other object used to identify a Greek organization (fraternity, sorority, or club). ** Group home ** means a residential facility in which not more than eight mentally ill, mentally retarded, or other developmentally disabled persons reside, with

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who reside in the home as residential occupancy by a single family; 3. Group home , serving eight or fewer residents who may be mentally ill, retarded, or developmentally disabled, with one or more resident counselors or

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.