Land use · West Point, Virginia

group home

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 West Point’s own text settles what this covers.

chapter. Lot area requirements for lots devoted to two-family dwellings, nursing homes or group homes shall be as applicable to such uses in the R-3 High Density Residential District as set forth in article IX of

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between the lot lines intersecting the street: also referred to as "street frontage". ** Group home :** A residential facility, otherwise meeting the definition of a single-family detached dwelling, in which not more than eight physically handicapped, mentally

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in area identifying a multiple-family development, single-family attached development site, nursing home, or group home . Such signs shall be attached flat against a main building or may include not more than one freestanding sign, provided that

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residential environment. The district is designed to accommodate single-family, two-family and multiple-family dwellings, group homes and limited residential care facilities in addition to specific nonresidential uses which are necessary to provide for the recreational, educational, cultural

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.