{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-2279","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 15.2-2279","heading":"Ordinances regulating the building of houses and establishing setback lines","body":"Any locality may by ordinance regulate the building of houses in the locality including the adoption of off-street parking requirements, minimum setbacks and side yards and the establishment of minimum lot sizes.Any locality may by ordinance require that no building be constructed within thirty-five feet of any street or roadway and may provide for exceptions to such requirement whenever a large portion of existing buildings along a section of street or roadway is within thirty-five feet of such street or roadway. The provisions of such an ordinance shall not apply within the limits of any town which has enacted a zoning ordinance or has adopted an ordinance establishing minimum setbacks.1970, c. 452, § 15.1-29.2; 1987, c. 399; 1997, c. 587.","path":["Title 15.2. COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS","Subtitle II. POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","Chapter 22. PLANNING, SUBDIVISION OF LAND AND ZONING","Article 6. LAND SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/15.2-2279/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:19Z","sha256":"054fb904943835561cc8c53f0800e3349b354eee4b65c3bf84ae62b8377a7a8d","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-2278","next":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-2280"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}