Chap. 133.—An ACT to amend and reenact Section 1, as amended, of Chapter
15 of the Acts of Assembly of 1927, approved April 11, 1927, relating to
zoning in certain counties, so as to make certain change or changes as to the
scope of the act. [H 306]

Approved March 5, 1948

. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section one, as amended, of chapter fifteen of the Acts
of Assembly of nineteen hundred twenty-seven, approved April
eleven, nineteen hundred twenty-seven, be amended and reenacted
as follows:
Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
morals and general welfare of the community, the governing body
of any county having a density of population of more than five
hundred a square mile, or of any county adjoining a city having a
population of one hundred thousand or more, or of any county
having a land area of less than seventy-five but more than sixty
square miles and a population of less than ten thousand but more
than eight thousand, or of any county having an area of more than
two hundred twenty-five square miles but less than two hundred
forty square miles and a population of more than sixteen thousand
eight hundred but less than eighteen thousand, or of any county
having an area of more than four hundred sixty-nine miles but less
than a hundred seventy-five square miles and a population of
more than thirty-three thousand but less than thirty-five thousand,
or of any county adjoining a city having a population of more than
sixty thousand but less than seventy-five thousand, all as shown by
the last preceding United States census, may by ordinance regulate
and restrict the height, number of stories and size of buildings and
other structures erected in the county, or the percentage of a lot
that may be occupied by the building or structure, or the size of
yards, courts and other open spaces, the density of population, and
the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade,
industry, residence or other purposes, and may prescribe the types
of materials to be used in buildings and other structures.

The governing body of any county having a land area of more
than sixty but less than seventy-five square miles and a population
of more than eight thousand but less than ten thousand, as shown
by such census, and which, for the purposes hereinabove stated,
adopts any ordinances hereinbefore authorized may, to further
promote such purposes, by ordinance regulate the types of materials
to be used for electrical wiring and fixtures, and used in heating,
safety and sanitary facilities and the installation thereof.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.