Land use · Richmond, Virginia

two-family dwelling

Named in 3 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.

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and consisting of either of the following: (1) Dwelling, two-family attached, means a two-family dwelling which is attached by means of a party wall to another main building, each of which is located on an individual

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for infill housing development that is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood. (3) **Existing two-family dwelling use.** The use of a property containing a two-family dwelling existing on the effective date of the ordinance from which this

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available to serve the lot. Permitted driveways within front yards of single-family and two-family dwellings shall not exceed nine feet in width. (Ord. No. 2020-171, § 2(30-402.8), 9-28-2020) --- ## Sec. 30-404.1. - Permitted principal uses.

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Noncommercial signs located on private property devoted to uses other than single-family or two-family dwellings and directing and guiding traffic or persons or identifying parking on such property provided such signs do not exceed four square

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lot and unit width requirements set forth in this chapter for single-family and two-family dwellings shall not apply to lots legally recorded prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which such requirements are derived.

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Prohibited1

Expressly not allowed.