area: (1) Open exterior balconies and other unenclosed spaces. (2) Uncovered terraces, patios, porches , or steps. (3) Garages, carports or other areas, enclosed or unenclosed, used for the parking or circulation of motor vehicles. (4)
Read it in the chapter →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.
shall have a minimum height of not less than two stories, except that porches , porticos, attached garages and carports and similar structures attached to a main building may be of lesser height. (4) **Determination of
Read it in the chapter →elsewhere in compliance with applicable yard and ingress or egress requirements. (e) Unenclosed porches , balconies and steps may project into required front yards a distance of not more than ten feet, except that in the
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