Chap. 190.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act entitled an act to
authorize the board of supervisors of counties having a density of population
of more than five hundred per square mile according to the last United States
census, to divide the area of said counties into one or more districts and in
such districts to regulate the use of land and of buildings or other structures,
and the height thereof, and also to establish building lines and to regulate and
restrict the construction and location of buildings and other structures in said
counties; to authorize such boards of supervisors to adopt all necessary regu-
lations for carrying into effect the purposes of this act; to provide for zoning
commissioners and boards of zoning appeals in such counties, their powers and
duties; to provide for appeals from such zoning commissioners and boards of
appeal and the effect thereof; to authorize such boards of supervisors to ap-
point administrative officers; to prescribe the powers and duties of such ad-
ministrative officers; to provide for the enforcement of this act and to prescribe
penalties for the violation thereof, approved April 11, 1927, as amended by an
act approved March 24, 1930, extending said act to cover every county of the
Commonwealth adjoining a city having a population of 170,000 or more, as
shown by the last United States census, so as to further extend said act to
include every county having a population of over 25,000 inhabitants and which
adjoins two cities, both of which are located in this State and have an aggre-
gate population of not less than 165,000 nor more than 185,000 inhabitants.

[S B 282]
Approved March 22, 1932

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion one of an act entitled an act to authorize the board of super-
visors of counties having a density of population of more than five
hundred per square mile, according to the last United States census,
to divide the area of said counties into one or more districts, and in
such districts to regulate the use of land and of buildings or other
structures and the height thereof, and also to establish building lines
and to regulate and restrict the construction and location of buildings
and other structures in said counties; to authorize such boards of
supervisors to adopt all necessary regulations for carrying into effect
the purposes of this act; to provide for zoning commissioners and
boards of zoning appeals in such counties, their powers and duties;
provide for appeals from such zoning commissioners and boards of
appeal and the effect thereof; to authorize such boards of supervisors
to appoint administrative officers; to prescribe the powers and duties
of such administrative officers; to provide for the enforcement of this
act and to prescribe penalties for the violation thereof, approved April
eleventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, as amended by an act
approved March twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and thirty, be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 1. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety,
morals or the general welfare of the community, the board of super-
visors in any county having a density of population of more than five
hundred per square mile, according to the last United States census,
or in any county of the Commonwealth adjoining a city having a
population of one hundred and seventy thousand, or more, as shown
by the last United States census, or in any county having a popula-
tion of over twenty-five thousand inhabitants and which adjoins two
cities, both of which are located in this State, and have an ageregate
population of not less than one hundred and sixty-five thousand nor
more than one hundred and eighty-five thousand inhabitants, may,
by ordinance, regulate and restrict the height, number of stories and
size of buildings and other structures, or percentage of lot that may be
occupied, or 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 specific uses of the prem-
ises in said county.