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Sec. 1. Statement of purpose.

The purpose of this ordinance[2] is to lessen congestion in the
streets, to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers, to
promote health, sanitation and the general welfare, to provide
adequate light and air, to prevent the overcrowding of land, to
avoid undue concentration of population, to facilitate the
adequate provision of public and private transportation, public
utility services, sewage disposal, schools, parks, playgrounds
and other public improvements and requirements in the City of
Charlottesville. (2-17-58, § 33-1.)