Permitted principal uses.
Richmond, Va., City Code § 30-430.1
in effectSec. 30-430.1. - Permitted principal uses.
The following uses of buildings and premises shall be permitted in the HO district:
(1) Any principal use permitted in the R-1 district as set forth in Section 30-402.1;
(2) Single-family attached dwellings and uses and structures customarily incidental to attached dwelling developments, provided that:
a. Appropriate agreements and covenants approved by the City Attorney provide for the perpetuation and maintenance of all areas to be held in common ownership by property owners within such developments;
b. Architectural variations shall be provided among units within any series of more than four units;
(3) Two-family dwellings;
(4) Multifamily dwellings;
(5) Day nurseries, provided that:
a. A minimum outdoor play area of 100 square feet for each child enrolled shall be furnished on the premises, but not within a required front yard;
b. The play area shall be enclosed with a continuous opaque structural fence or wall not less than four feet in height, and such fence or wall shall not be located within a required front yard;
c. No play equipment or structure shall be located within a front yard or a required side yard;
(6) Tourist homes situated on Federal highways;
(7) Parking areas and parking lots, provided that any card reader or other access control device at an entrance to a parking area or parking lot shall be provided with not less than one stacking space situated off the public right-of-way;
(8) Parking decks serving uses permitted in this district, provided that:
a. Not less than one exit lane and one entrance lane shall be provided for each 300 parking spaces or major fraction thereof contained within the structure, and any card reader or other access control device at an entrance to a parking deck shall be provided with not less than one stacking space situated off the public right-of-way;
b. Parking spaces contained therein shall be screened from view from abutting streets by structural material of not less than 45 percent opacity;
(9) Offices, including business, professional and administrative offices, medical and dental offices and clinics, and studios of writers, designers and artists engaged in the graphic arts, provided that no retailing, wholesaling or servicing of merchandise shall be permitted on the premises nor shall the storage or display of merchandise to be serviced or offered for sale elsewhere be permitted on the premises;
(10) Private schools offering instruction in skills practiced in connection with the operation of uses permitted in this district;
(11) Lodges and similar meeting places;
(12) Banks and savings and loan offices, including accessory automated teller machines accessible from the interior or exterior of buildings devoted to such uses, provided that when any bank or savings and loan office includes drive-up facilities or an automated teller machine accessible from the exterior of the building, the following conditions shall apply:
a. No such use shall be located on a transitional site;
b. The floor area of the building devoted to such use shall not exceed 2,500 square feet, and not more than two drive-up teller lanes shall be provided on the premises;
(13) Funeral homes, provided that:
a. Adequate space shall be provided on the premises for the formation of funeral processions, and no such activity shall take place on public streets;
(14) Hospitals, but not psychiatric hospitals for the care of patients committed by a court;
(15) Radio broadcasting studios and offices, including accessory antennas, provided that the supporting hardware for any such antenna does not exceed ten feet above ground level, or in the case of a building-mounted antenna, ten feet above the surface of the building on which it is mounted;
(16) Communications centers and telephone repeater stations operated by public service corporations;
(17) Hotels and motels, provided that:
a. No such use shall be located on a transitional site;
b. The area of the lot devoted to such use shall be not less than 25,000 square feet, and no property line coincidental with a street line shall be less than 100 feet in length;
(18) Adult day care facilities;
(19) Short-term rental, subject to the requirements of Article VI, Division 14 of this chapter.
(Code 1993, § 32-430.1; Code 2004, § 114-430.1; Code 2015, § 30-430.1; Code 2020, § 30-430.1; Ord. No. 2004-180-167, § 1, 6-28-2004; Ord. No. 2006-43-63, § 1, 3-13-2006; Ord. No. 2007-338-2008-11, § 1, 1-14-2008; Ord. No. 2019-343, § 1(30-430.1), 6-22-2020; Ord. No. 2024-314, § 2(30-430.1), 12-9-2024)
Source: City of Richmond, Virginia, Code (2026 recodification) and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH30ZO_ARTIVDIRE_DIV16HOHOFIDI_S30-430.1PEPRUSFetched: 11/8/2026