[Amended 12-18-2000]
By act of the General Assembly of Virginia, as recorded in § 15.2-2280
et seq. of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the governing body
of any county or municipality may, by ordinance, classify the territory
under its jurisdiction into districts of such number, shape, and area
as it may deem best suited to carry out the purpose of zoning, and
in each district it may regulate, restrict, permit, prohibit, and
determine the following:
A.
The use of land, buildings, structures, and other premises for agricultural,
commercial, industrial, residential, floodplain, and other specific
uses.
B.
The size, height, area, bulk, location, erection, construction, reconstruction,
alteration, repair, maintenance, razing, or removal of structures.
C.
The areas and dimensions of land, water, and air space to be occupied
by buildings, structures, and uses, and of courts, yards, and other
open spaces to be left unoccupied by uses and structures, including
variations in the sizes of lots based on whether a public or community
water supply or sewer system is available and in use.
D.
The excavation or mining of soils and other natural resources.
For the purpose of promoting the health, safety, or general
welfare of the public and of further accomplishing the objectives
of § 15.2-2200 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, the
following shall be adopted as the Zoning Ordinance of Elkton, Virginia,
as amended and readopted.
