Land use · Winchester, Virginia

Two-family 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 Winchester’s own text settles what this covers.

the structure having only two dwelling units. **1-2-33.1** **Dwelling, Accessory Two Family:** A Two Family Dwelling wherein one of the two dwelling units is owner-occupied and one of the two dwelling units is designed to be accessory

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the height and number of floors of all buildings (other than one-family and two-family dwellings ) both above and below finished grade; the building setbacks from the development boundaries and adjacent streets, roads, alleys, and ways; the

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Winchester Zoning Ordinance. --- ## Sec. 13.1-4. - Existing nonconforming structures and accessory two-family dwelling units. **A.** On a lot to be used for a cottage housing development, an existing detached single-family dwelling, which may be

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residential use, in accordance with the following requirements: a) For Single-Family Detached and Two-Family Dwellings , recreational vehicles exceeding an average height of 84" shall be parked on an improved surface behind the front and corner-side yard

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in this district shall be as follows: **5-3-1** Single family detached dwellings or two family dwelling units - 3,000 square feet per unit. **5-3-2** Multifamily dwellings - density shall not exceed one dwelling unit for each 3,300

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.