Sec. 495. Zoning.
To provide for the division of the municipal area of the City
of Charlottesville into zones or districts, and to regulate the
use of land and buildings and other structures, establish building
lines and other restrictions for such districts, and to provide
penalties for the violation of such provisions and restrictions.
WHEREAS, by an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia,
approved, March 18, 1926, (Chap. 197, Acts of 1926), for the
promotion of health, safety, morals, comfort, prosperity, or general
welfare of the general public, the council of any city or town
is authorized, by ordinance, to divide the area of the city or
town into one or more districts of such shape and area as may
be deemed best suited to carry out the purpose of said act, and
in such district or districts may establish set-back building lines,
regulate and restrict the location, erection, construction, reconstruction,
alteration, repair or use of buildings and other structures,
their height, area, and bulk, and percentage of lot to be
occupied by buildings or other structures, the size of yards,
courts and other open spaces, and the trade, industry, residence
and other specific uses of the premises in such district or districts,
the following regulations are prescribed.
