Land use · Portsmouth, Virginia

group home

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 Portsmouth’s own text settles what this covers.

| b. Rooming or boarding house | | c. Shelter | | d. Group home | | e. Halfway house | | f. Correctional facility | | g. Cemetery, columbarium, mausoleum | | h. All uses

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| | Family Care Home | 3 per home | None | | Group Home | 1 per employee PLUS 1 per every 3 adults | None | | Halfway House | 1 per employee PLUS

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natural state except for the pathway and area immediately adjacent to the pathway. ** GROUP HOME **—See Sec. 40.2-211. **GUIDANCE SERVICES**—See Sec. 40.2-212. **HALFWAY HOUSE**—See Sec. 40.2-211. **HAZARDOUS MATERIAL**—Any substance that, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical

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