Land use · Covington, Virginia

apartment

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 Covington’s own text settles what this covers.

and boarding houses. | | (2-9) | Tourist lodges. | | (2-10) | Apartments operated as an accessory use to the principal permitted use of the building and subject to the requirements of article XVI,

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subsection to permit the use and occupancy of two-family dwellings, multifamily dwellings, garage apartments and accessory apartments constructed prior to the enactment of this ordinance in certain areas appropriate to their use, subject to certain

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any agricultural use shall be deemed to be an accessory building. A garage apartment is not an accessory building. **Accessory use** means a use of land or a use of a building or structure for

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Where it is allowed here

Permitted by right1

Allowed outright — no hearing needed.