2006 Code of Virginia § 15.2-2279 - Ordinances regulating the building of houses and establishing setback lines

15.2-2279. Ordinances regulating the building of houses and establishingsetback lines.

Any locality may by ordinance regulate the building of houses in the localityincluding the adoption of off-street parking requirements, minimum setbacksand side yards and the establishment of minimum lot sizes.

Any locality may by ordinance require that no building be constructed withinthirty-five feet of any street or roadway and may provide for exceptions tosuch requirement whenever a large portion of existing buildings along asection of street or roadway is within thirty-five feet of such street orroadway. The provisions of such an ordinance shall not apply within thelimits of any town which has enacted a zoning ordinance or has adopted anordinance establishing minimum setbacks.

(1970, c. 452, 15.1-29.2; 1987, c. 399; 1997, c. 587.)