Land use · Staunton, Virginia

high density multiple-family dwellings

Named in 1 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 Staunton’s own text settles what this covers.

for urban residence in areas appropriate by location and character for occupancy by high density, multiple-family dwellings . One of the important purposes of this district is to create adequate standards of residential development in order to prevent overcrowded

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.