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THE TOWN OF CHARLOTTESVILLE WAS CREATED BY AN ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA WHICH TOOK EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 1762. IT WAS INCORPORATED AS A TOWN IN 1801 AND AS A CITY IN 1888. THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE HAS A LAND AREA OF 10.442 SQUARE MILES AND, ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMINARY UNITED STATES CENSUS REPORT OF 1970, IT HAS A POPULATION OF 38,047. II. NECESSITY FOR EXPANSION THE CITY’S BOUNDARIES RESULTING FROM PREVIOUS ANNEXATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS: OLD TOWN AREA 0.059 SQUARE MILE 1818 ANNEXATION RESULTING AREA 0.087 SQUARE MILE 1860 ANNEXATION RESULTING AREA 0.271 SQUARE MILE 1873 ANNEXATION RESULTING AREA 0.340 SQUARE MILE 1888 ANNEXATION RESULTING AREA 1.221 SQUARE MILE 1916 ANNEXATION RESULTING AREA 3.840 SQUARE MILES 1939 ANNEXATION RESULTING AREA 6.434 SQUARE MILES 1963 ANNEXATION RESULTING AREA 10.362 SQUARE MILES 1968 ANNEXATION RESULTING AREA 10.442 SQUARE MILES THERE NOW EXISTS NO APPRECIABLE UNOCCUPIED SPACE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF CHARLOTTESVILLE FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. UNITED STATES CENSUS FIGURES FOR THE DECENNIAL PERIODS BEGINNING IN 1930 SHOW THE GROWTH OF CHARLOTTESVILLE’S POPULATION TO BE AS FOLLOWS: YEAR POPULATION 1930 15,245 1940 19,400 1950 25,269 1960 29,427 1970 38,047 (PRELIMINARY) THIS GIVES THE CITY A POPULATION DENSITY OF 3,644 PERSONS PER SQUARE MILE OR APPROXIMATELY 5.69 PER ACRE. THE CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION IN THE CITY, AND THE LACK OF SPACE WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE ADVANTAGES OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES, HAVE COMBINED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SETTLEMENT OF PEOPLE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES IN MORE SPACIOUS, LESS CROWDED SITES OUTSIDE ITS BORDERS IN THE TERRITORY SOUGHT TO BE ANNEXED, LARGELY MADE POSSIBLE BY THE EXTENSION OF CITY WATER AND SEWERS UNDER SPECIAL CONTRACTS. CHARLOTTESVILLE MUST EXPAND INTO THE COUNTY OR EVENTUALLY DECLINE THROUGH ITS INABILITY TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR THE POPULATION IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA AND FOR THE INDUSTRIES ESSENTIAL TO THE ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. THE DEMANDS UPON THE CITY FOR MUNICIPAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES INCREASE WITH THE POPULATION AND INDUSTRIAL GROWTH OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA. CONTINUED GROWTH IN POPULATION WILL OCCUR IN THE COUNTY. THE LOCATION AND RELOCATION OF INDUSTRY IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA WILL DEPEND UPON THE FACILITIES AND SERVICES PROVIDED IN LARGE AREAS OF THE COUNTY IDEALLY SUITED FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. UNLESS THE URBAN AND URBANIZING AREAS IN THE COUNTY ARE PROPERLY PLANNED AND COORDINATED FOR RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USE AND PROVISION IS MADE FOR FACILITIES AND SERVICES REQUIRED FOR SUCH USES, NOT ONLY CHARLOTTESVILLE BUT THE ENTIRE METROPOLITAN AREA WILL DECLINE AND THUS RESULT IN ECONOMIC STAGNATION OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. III. COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND THOSE PORTIONS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY WHICH ARE SOUGHT TO BE ANNEXED ARE TOGETHER LARGELY A SINGLE, HOMOGENEOUS, POPULATED