Land use · Virginia Beach, Virginia

duplex dwelling

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 Virginia Beach’s own text settles what this covers.

Tourist District for lot area, width, setbacks and lot coverage for single-family and duplex dwellings and additions to existing semi-detached dwellings. The site and building design of such dwellings should adhere to the provisions of the

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District, although not allowed as principal uses in the underlying zoning district: 1. Duplex dwellings in the B-4 (SD) Mixed Use Districts. **(b) Accessory uses.** Subject to general requirements and to the regulations of the underlying

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the required minimum yard setbacks. (ii) For any lot on which an existing duplex dwelling is converted to a principal or ancillary single-family dwelling and a separate principal or ancillary single-family dwelling is on the same

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is created in recognition of the existence of developed areas where single-family and duplex dwellings exist on lots of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet of area and where the character of the

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Districts for minimum lot area, width, yard spacing and maximum lot coverage for duplex dwellings . ### (b) For duplex dwellings: | Requirement | A-12 | A-18 | A-24 | A-36 | |---|---|---|---|---| | (1) Minimum lot

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.