Land use · Chesapeake, Virginia

detached single-family dwelling

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 Chesapeake’s own text settles what this covers.

plan and final subdivision plan approved for the cluster development. A. Residential. 1. Detached single-family dwellings in the A-1, RE-1, R-40, R-40(a)(s), R-25, R-25(a)s, R-15, R-15(a)s, R-12, R-12(a)s, R-10, R-10s and R-8 zoning districts. 2. Residential buildings

Read it in the chapter →

Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.