Legal Opinion
Oxford House, Inc. v. City of Virginia Beach, Va.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided July 2, 1993No. Civ. A. 2:92CV980PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
PAYNE, District Judge.
This action arises as a consequence of pláintiffs’ efforts to maintain group housing for recovering alcohol and drug abusers in areas zoned for “single family” dwellings in Virginia Beach, Virginia (the “City”). The City’s zoning ordinance defines a “family” to include groups of no more than four people unrelated by blood or marriage, see Va. Beach Code Zoning -Ordinance § 111, but provides that group homes of more than four unrelated persons are permitted uses in each of the City’s ten residential districts upon the award of a conditional use…
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