BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF JAMES CITY CTY. v. Rowe

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• holding a design restriction ordinance invalid where the principal purpose of the ordinance was to achieve a particular aesthetic appearance instead of protecting property values or other legitimate function of the police power
• holding a design restriction ordinance invalid where the principal purpose of the ordinance was to achieve a particular aesthetic appearance instead of protecting property values or other legitimate function of the police power
• establishing that a \taking\ may occur through the legislative enactment of a zoning ordinance
• holding a design restriction ordinance invalid where the principal purpose of the ordinance was to achieve a particular aesthetic appearance instead of protecting property values or other legitimate function of the police power
• elimination of six provisions of a zoning ordinance, including one for architectural review of all applications, prevented enforcement of balance of the remaining eleven provisions as an ordinance \we confidently believe [the Board] would not have enacted\

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