Land use · Virginia Beach, Virginia

single-family 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.

a general Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) permit issued for an individual single-family dwelling with flows less than or equal to one thousand (1,000) gallons per day on a yearly average. Such a system is

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and (7) Home-based wildlife rehabilitation facilities, provided that the principal structure is a single-family dwelling and the lot is greater than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet. (e) Other uses may be permitted if specifically

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| 40% | (1) Minimum lot area: Five thousand (5,000) square feet for single-family dwellings and ten thousand (10,000) square feet for duplex dwellings. (2) Minimum lot width: Forty (40) feet for single-family dwellings and seventy-five

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the B-4 (SD) Mixed Use or B-2(SD) Community Business Districts. **(d)** Additions to single-family dwellings , duplexes, attached dwellings and multiple-family dwellings not increasing the number of dwelling units in any such use shall be permitted as

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>75 dB DNL | |---|---|---| | **Residential and Related** | | | | Single-family dwellings | N | N | | Semidetached dwellings | N | N | | Attached dwellings/townhouses | N | N |

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.