Pursuant to the general purposes of this chapter, the intent of the RF-1 Riverfront
District is to provide for modest scale planned mixed-use development on relatively
large sites adjacent to the riverfront in a manner that will protect prominent views
of the James River from public spaces and will encourage public and private use of
and access to the riverfront. The district is intended to facilitate the economic
development benefits which will accrue through enhanced commercial and residential
development and increased tourism generated by riverfront redevelopment. Finally,
the district regulations are intended to promote a concentration of uses that result
in a high degree of pedestrian attraction and activity along the riverfront, while
protecting the area at the shore of the river from building development.
(Code 1993, § 32-447.1; Code 2004, § 114-447.1)
