Land use · Portsmouth, Virginia

three- to four-family dwelling

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.

discourage any use that substantially interferes with the development of single-family, two-family, or three- to four-family dwellings , or that is detrimental to the quiet residential nature of the district. ### (D) Urban Residential (UR) District. The Urban Residential

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area. (B) Minor Site 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

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