Dimensional standards
Uses
Permitted by right41
- Dwelling, garden apartment
- Dwelling, quadruplex (§ 31-712)
- Dwelling, single-family detached (§ 31-712)
- Dwelling, townhouse or rowhouse (§ 31-712)
- Dwelling, triplex (§ 31-712)
- Dwelling, two-family (including duplexes, single-family semi-detached, and single-family attached dwellings)
- Dwelling, multi-family and apartment buildings (not otherwise enumerated)
- Group homes—Maximum of 8 residents not including onsite resident counselors (Ref. VC 15.2-2291)
- Residential subdivisions, major, cluster use pattern (§ 31-411(c))
- Residential subdivisions, major, conventional option
- Residential subdivisions, minor (Art. 5, § 31-506(b)), conventional option
- Bed & Breakfast (§ 31-703)
- Civic building
- Cultural uses, including museums, art galleries, opera houses
- Day care (family day home), 1—4 children
- Natural area preserve
- Parks, neighborhood
- Parks/open space (generally)
- Place of worship, small, under 6,000 square feet in main sanctuary
- Safety services
- Schools, elementary
- Schools, secondary or middle
- Group homes—Maximum of 8 residents not including onsite resident counselors (Ref. VA Code § 15.2-2291)
- Day care (family day home), 1–4 children
- Fire station
- Government offices
- Library
- Museums
- Park, playground, or recreational area (public)
- Place of worship
- Post office
- Public safety facility
- School, elementary or middle
- School, high
- Utility facility, minor
- Forestry/silvicultural activity consistent with Code of Virginia § 10.1-1126.1
- Neighborhood gardens
- Satellite dish antennas for private residential use (less than 36 inches in diameter)
- Small cell facilities (see Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.3, § 15.2-2316.4, and § 15.2-2316.5)
- Telecommunications (co-location on existing tower or alternative tower structure)
- Bus/commuter stops/light rail stations
Conditional / special use36
- Adult care residence/assisted living facility
- Adult day care center
- Mixed use dwelling
- Residential subdivisions, major or hamlet option use pattern (§ 31-411(f))
- Retirement village (sec § 31-713)
- Subdivision, mixed use, TND option (§ 31-411(g))
- Day care (family day home), 5—12 children
- Day care, child day center
- Day care, child (as accessory use to permitted place of worship or school)
- Fishing and boating facilities
- Golf course
- Health club/physical fitness facility
- Club, golf, tennis, swim
- Libraries
- Marinas
- Medical clinics and dental offices
- Place of worship, large, at least 6,000 square feet in main sanctuary
- Schools, boarding
- School, charter, private, or parochial
- Schools, nursery or preschool
- Utilities, electric transformer stations (excluding those exempt under local, state or federal law)
- Utilities, transmission lines (excluding those exempt under local, state or federal law)
- Utilities, utility installations (excluding installations by City of Suffolk and others exempt under state and federal law)
- Utility facilities, not specifically enumerated (excluding those exempt under local, state or federal law)
- Utility service facilities (excluding those exempt under local, state or federal law)
- Utility stations (excluding those exempt under local, state or federal law)
- Offices
- Business services
- Retirement village (see § 31-713)
- Nursing home
- Park, playground, or recreational area (private)
- Private club or lodge
- Utility facility, major
- Television or radio transmission towers
- Towers (50,000 volts or more)
- Transmitting facilities, not specifically enumerated
From the ordinance
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