Land use · South Boston, Virginia

single-family dwelling

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 South Boston’s own text settles what this covers.

children and household employees, or not more than five unrelated persons occupying a single-family dwelling , living together as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit. (1) Any group home in which no more than eight individuals with mental

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any of the following: (1) Construction of a new building, other than a single-family dwelling or two-family dwelling, or building or structure accessory thereto; (2) Enlargement of an existing building, other than a single-family dwelling or

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such lot is situated are met, provided that no main building containing a single-family dwelling or a two-family dwelling shall be located on a lot with any other main building. (Code 1996, § 114-131; Ord. of

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