Land use · Chesapeake, Virginia

two-family dwelling

Named in 2 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.

eating, either inside or outside the facility. i. Residential uses, specifically detached dwellings, two-family dwellings , attached row dwellings, and multifamily residential except within mixed-use buildings. 2. Off-street parking requirements for multifamily residential apartments and condominiums as

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on the roof of an accessory building or structure on a single- or two-family dwelling unit lot, provided that the height of the solar energy system does not extend more than five (5) feet above the

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above, shall not be reconstructed unless the nonconforming building is a single-family or two-family dwelling , and as provided in section 15.2-2307 of the Code of Virginia for vested rights, in which event it may be reconstructed

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site plan. 1. The construction or location of any single-family detached dwelling or two-family dwelling on an existing or platted lot not occupied by any other dwelling. 2. Any accessory structure to a single-family or two-family

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necessary in the use of driveways for access to and from single-family and two-family dwellings . ## C. Modifications. Modifications in the actual dimensions of parking spaces below those set out above may be approved by the

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right2

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.