(A) In pursuance of the authority granted by VA Code §§ 15.2-2210 et seq., as amended, this chapter is adopted to provide for the establishment of districts within the corporate limits of the town.
(B) In each district, the town may regulate, restrict, permit, prohibit and determine the following:
(1) The use of land, buildings, structures and other premises for agricultural, business, industrial, residential, floodplain and other specific uses;
(2) The size, height, area, bulk, location, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, maintenance, razing or removal of structures;
(3) 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 used; and
(4) The excavation or mining of soil or other natural resources.
(1996 Code, § 176-4)