Land use · Virginia Beach, Virginia

Dwellings, Multi-family

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 Virginia Beach’s own text settles what this covers.

forth in the Reference Handbook of the Comprehensive Plan | P | | Dwellings, multi-family within a mixed-use development, on lots contiguous to 17th Street (Virginia Beach Boulevard), provided that said dwellings should be consistent with

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but shall not exceed ninety (90) feet in height above ground elevation. Single-family dwellings, multi-family dwellings and duplexes that are raised or constructed to comply with the requirements of Appendix K, Floodplain Ordinance, may exceed the

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of section 230 | C | | Dwellings, attached | X | | Dwellings, multi-family | C | | Dwellings, multi-family with workforce housing units, provided that not less than seventeen (17) percent of the total

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

Conditional / special use2

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.

Prohibited3

Expressly not allowed.