Land use · Albemarle County, Virginia

Group home

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.

CHAPTER 18 - ZONINGReads like a definition

by the gross residential area and expressed in dwelling units per acre. ## Group home "Group home" means, for the purposes of this chapter, a residential facility in which no more than eight individuals with mental

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right6

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.

R-1
R-10
R-15
R-2
R-4
R-6