residential development as a principal use, along with mixed-use, neighborhood-serving commercial development, and institutional uses to encourage diverse development. These districts are mid-density, traditional neighborhoods. ### (E) Multi-Family Urban Residential (UR-M) District. The Multi-Family Urban
Read it in the chapter →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.
0.75 per guest room | 1 per 4 beds | | **PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ** | | | | **Community Services** | | | | Community Center | 1 per 500 sf. | 10% of vehicle
Read it in the chapter →Plans are required for multi-family, townhouse dwellings, two-family dwellings, three- to four-family dwellings, institutional , commercial, or industrial development that is equal to or less than 2,500 square feet of disturbed area. (C) Single-Family Site Plans
Read it in the chapter →distinguished from a secondary or accessory use. See Sec. 40.2-209. **USE, PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL **—See Sec. 40.2-212. **USE, RESIDENTIAL**—See Sec. 40.2-211. **USE, TEMPORARY**—A use that is not so recurring in nature as to constitute a permanent
Read it in the chapter →