Land use · Albemarle County, Virginia

Detached single-family dwellings

Named in 6 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 Albemarle County’s own text settles what this covers.

homestay use. ii. **Structure types.** Homestay uses may be conducted only in a detached single-family dwelling or within its accessory apartment, provided that by special exception, the Board of Supervisors may authorize the homestay use of accessory

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right6

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.