Land use · Richmond, Virginia

live/work unit

Named in 2 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 Richmond’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 12Reads like a definition

lines, plus one-half the width of abutting public street and alley rights-of-way. .48 ** Live/work unit ** means a dwelling unit within which an occupation, profession, business or enterprise is conducted in conjunction with the living space of

Read it in the chapter →

not less than 1,500 square feet in area for each dwelling unit. 2. Live/work units , provided that: a. Not more than one person who does not reside in the unit shall be employed at any one

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.