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<br />SEC. 495 ZONING.
<br />To provide for the division of the municipal area of the
<br />City of Charlottesville into zones or districts, and to
<br />regulate the use of land and buildings and other structures,
<br />establish building lines and other restrictions for such
<br />districts, and to provide penalties for the violation of
<br />such provisions and restrictions.
<br />WHEREAS, by an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 18th,
<br />1926, (Chap. 197, Acts of 1926), and amendments thereto, for the promotion of
<br />health, safety, morals, comfort, prosperity or general welfare of the general
<br />public, the council of any city or town is authorized, by ordinance, to divide
<br />the area of the city or town into one or more districts of such shape and area
<br />as may be deemed best suited to carry out the purpose of said act, and in such
<br />district or districts may establish set -back building lines, regulate and
<br />restrict the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration,
<br />repair or use of buildings and other structures, their height, area, and bulk,
<br />and percentage of lot to be occupied by buildings or other structures, the size
<br />of yards, courts and other open spaces, and the trade, industry, residence and
<br />other specific uses of the premises in such district or districts, the follow-
<br />ing regulations are prescribed.
<br />SEC. 495 (1) DISTRICT .
<br />For the purpose of this section the City of Charlottesville is hereby divided
<br />into six classes of districts as follows:
<br />A
<br />Residence Districts
<br />A-1
<br />Residence Listricts
<br />B
<br />Business Districts
<br />B-1
<br />Business Districts
<br />B-2
<br />Business Districts
<br />C
<br />Industrial Districts
<br />The boundaries of each of these districts are hereby established as shown on
<br />the map entitled, Building Zone Map of Charlottesville, Va., dated March 29, 1939
<br />signed by the Mayor, City Mana&er and Cler_c of the Council, which accompanies and
<br />is hereby declared to be a part of this section as well as such amendments thereto
<br />as may hereafter be made as provided for by law. These district boundary lines are
<br />intended generally to follow street or property lines as they exist at the time of
<br />the passage of this section unless such district boundary lines are referenced to
<br />some street line by dimensions shown on the Building Zone Map.
<br />SEC. 495 (2) DEFINITIONS.
<br />For the purposes of this section the following definitions are established:
<br />(1) An Accessory Building is a subordinate building on the same lot with a
<br />main building whose use is incidental to that of the main building.
<br />(2) The Height of a Building is the vertical distance measured from the
<br />level of the curb or established grade opposite the middle of the front of the
<br />building to the highest point of the roof surface if a flat roof; to the deck
<br />line of a mansard roof; and to the mean height level between eaves and ridge of a
<br />gable, hip or gambrel roof, if a building is built on the streetline, and if
<br />built back of the street line the distance shall be measured from the level of
<br />ground at t11e middle of the front of the buildin52 provided, that where the ground
<br />level is made by filling such ground level shall not be considered to be more
<br />than five (5) feet above the level of tine curb or est��blished grade opposite the
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<br />(3) A Court is an open unoccupied space, other than a yard, on the same
<br />lot with a building.
<br />(4) An Enclosed Court is an open unoccupied space enclosed on all sides by
<br />walls, or by walls and lot lines other than street lines or public alley lines that
<br />are 10 feet or more in width.
<br />(5) A Court opening on to a side yard shall be deemed an enclosed court but
<br />may be considered as extending to the lot line.
<br />(6) An Outer Court is an open unoccupied space enclosed on three sides by
<br />walls, or by two walls and a lot line, and open to a street, an alley 10 feet or
<br />more in width, or to a front or rear yard.
<br />(7) The Width of Court is the least horizontal dimension of the Court.
<br />(8) Lot: The land bounded by definite lines and occupied or to be occupied
<br />by a building and its accessory buildings and including the open space required
<br />under these regulations. A lot may or may not be the land so recorded on the
<br />records of the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of the City of Charlottes-
<br />ville.
<br />(9) Depth of Lot: The depth of a lot is defined as the average depth measured
<br />in the mean direction of the side lines from the street line to the rear lipe,
<br />and the rear line shall be deemed to be not farther bacli than a line drawn parallel
<br />with the street line, entirely on the lot, and not less than ten feet long; and in
<br />the case of a through lot running from street to street the rear line with respect
<br />to either street line shall be deemed to pass through a point midway between the
<br />street lines.
<br />(10) Width of Lot: The width of a lot is its mean width, measured at right
<br />angles to its depth.
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