Land use · Williamsburg, Virginia

student designed dwellings

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 Williamsburg’s own text settles what this covers.

Chapter 1Reads like a definition

the primary use of the building is for a permitted non-residential use. (3.1) ** Student designed dwelling ** means a building containing three or more dwelling units located in close proximity to the campus of the College of William

Read it in the chapter →

if the provisions of section 21-619 et seq. are met; or (4) For student designed dwellings in accordance with subsection 21-256.4(4), no more than two unrelated persons in an efficiency or one bedroom dwelling unit; or no

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Where it is allowed here

Conditional / special use1

Allowed only after a discretionary approval.