Land use · Williamsburg, Virginia

accessory use

Named in 4 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

used for purposes customarily incidental and subordinate to those of the main building. ** Accessory use ** means any use in the same building or on the same lot customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal use. **Alley**

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in accordance with article V. (3) Signs in accordance with article VI. (4) Accessory uses in accordance with section 21-603. (5) Home occupations in accordance with section 21-606. (Ord. No. 862, 10-10-91; Ord. No. 08-23, 8-14-08;

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room rental to transient visitors is allowed throughout residential districts as a business accessory use , with a special exception, but is limited to owner-occupied single-family detached dwellings. ## (b) Rental of a room to transient visitors.

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right4

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.