Land use · Richmond, Virginia

single-family attached dwelling

Named in 6 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.

Development site** means all of the land developed or to be developed for single-family attached dwellings or mixed-use development and related accessory uses and structures, when such land is contiguous and planned and developed as a unit.

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use permitted in the R-1 district as set forth in Section 30-402.1; (2) Single-family attached dwellings and uses and structures customarily incidental to attached dwelling developments, provided that: a. Appropriate agreements and covenants approved by the City

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shall any side yard be less than three feet in width. #### b. Single-family attached dwellings . In districts where maximum permitted average density is applicable to single-family attached dwellings, such density shall be increased by up to

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right5

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Prohibited1

Expressly not allowed.