Va. Code Ann. tit. 15.2, ch. 22
Va. Code Ann. tit. 15.2, ch. 22
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section15.2-2200. Declaration of legislative intentsection15.2-2201. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Definitionssection15.2-2202. Duties of state agencies; electric utilitiessection15.2-2203. Existing planning commissions and boards of zoning appeals; validation of plans previously adoptedsection15.2-2204. Advertisement of plans, ordinances, etc.; joint public hearings; written notice of certain amendmentssection15.2-2205. Additional notice of planning or zoning matterssection15.2-2206. When locality may require applicant to give notice; how givensection15.2-2207. Public notice of juvenile residential care facilities in certain localitiessection15.2-2208. Restraining violations of chaptersection15.2-2208.1. Damages for unconstitutional grant or denial by locality of certain permits and approvalssection15.2-2208.2. Damages for an enforcement action undertaken by a locality with willful disregard for applicable lawsection15.2-2209. Civil penalties for violations of zoning ordinancesection15.2-2209.1. Extension of approvals to address housing crisissection15.2-2209.1:1. Extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemicsection15.2-2209.1:2. Extension of land use approvals for solar photovoltaic projectssection15.2-2209.2. Public infrastructure maintenance bondssection15.2-2209.3. Residential land development and construction fee transparency; local housing development; annual report and databasesection15.2-2209.4. Minimum off-street parking requirements; designated areas; administrative reductionssection15.2-2209.5. Siting of data centers; site assessmentsection15.2-2210. Creation of local planning commissions; participation in planning district commissions or joint local commissionssection15.2-2211. Cooperation of local planning commissions and other agenciessection15.2-2212. Qualifications, appointment, removal, terms and compensation of members of local planning commissionssection15.2-2213. Advisory memberssection15.2-2214. Meetingssection15.2-2215. Quorum majority votesection15.2-2216. Facilities for holding of meetings and preservation of documents; appropriations for expensessection15.2-2217. Officers, employees and consultants; expenditures; rules and records; special surveyssection15.2-2218. County planning commission serving as commission of townsection15.2-2219. Joint local planning commissionssection15.2-2220. Duplicate planning commission authorized for certain local governmentssection15.2-2221. Duties of commissionssection15.2-2222. Expenditures; gifts and donationssection15.2-2222.1. Coordination of state and local transportation planningsection15.2-2223. Comprehensive plan to be prepared and adopted; scope and purposesection15.2-2223.1. Comprehensive plan to include urban development areassection15.2-2223.2. Comprehensive plan to include coastal resource management guidancesection15.2-2223.3. Comprehensive plan shall incorporate strategies to combat projected sea-level rise and recurrent floodingsection15.2-2223.4. Comprehensive plan shall provide for transit-oriented developmentsection15.2-2223.5. Comprehensive plan shall address manufactured housingsection15.2-2223.6. Comprehensive plan shall consider adopting an environmental justice strategysection15.2-2224. Surveys and studies to be made in preparation of plan; implementation of plansection15.2-2225. Notice and hearing on plan; recommendation by local planning commission to governing body; posting of plan on websitesection15.2-2226. Adoption or disapproval of plan by governing bodysection15.2-2227. Return of plan to local planning commission; resubmissionsection15.2-2228. Adoption of parts of plansection15.2-2229. Amendmentssection15.2-2230. Plan to be reviewed at least once every five yearssection15.2-2230.1. Public facilities studysection15.2-2231. Inclusion of incorporated towns in county plan; inclusion of adjacent unincorporated territory in municipal plansection15.2-2232. Legal status of plansection15.2-2233. Maps to be prepared in localities; what map shall showsection15.2-2234. Adoption; filing in office of clerk of courtsection15.2-2235. Additions and modificationssection15.2-2236. Periodic review and readoptionsection15.2-2237. Consultation with Commonwealth Transportation Board; copies of map and ordinance to be sent to Commonwealth Transportation Boardsection15.2-2238. Authority of counties under Article 2 (§ 33.2-705 et seq.) of Chapter 7 not affectedsection15.2-2239. Local planning commissions to prepare and submit annually capital improvement programs to governing body or official charged with preparation of budgetsection15.2-2240. Localities to adopt ordinances regulating subdivision and development of landsection15.2-2241. Mandatory provisions of a subdivision ordinancesection15.2-2241.1. Bonding requirements for the acceptance of dedication for public use of certain facilitiessection15.2-2241.2. Bonding provisions for decommissioning of solar energy equipment, facilities, or devicessection15.2-2242. (Contingent expiration date; see Acts 2026, c. 679; cl. 3) Optional provisions of a subdivision ordinancesection15.2-2243. Payment by subdivider of the pro rata share of the cost of certain facilitiessection15.2-2243.1. Payment by developer or subdividersection15.2-2244. Provisions for subdivision of a lot for conveyance to a family membersection15.2-2244.1. Additional method for subdivision of a lot for conveyance to a family membersection15.2-2244.2. Subdivision of a lot of property held in trust for a family membersection15.2-2245. Provisions for periodic partial and final release of certain performance guaranteessection15.2-2245.1. Stormwater management ponds; removal of treessection15.2-2246. Site plans submitted in accordance with zoning ordinancesection15.2-2247. Applicability of subdivision ordinance to manufactured home parkssection15.2-2248. Application of certain municipal subdivision regulations beyond corporate limits of municipalitysection15.2-2249. Application of county subdivision regulations in area subject to municipal jurisdictionsection15.2-2250. Disagreement between county and municipality as to regulationssection15.2-2251. Local planning commission shall prepare and recommend ordinance; notice and hearing on ordinancesection15.2-2252. Filing and recording of ordinance and amendments theretosection15.2-2253. Preparation and adoption of amendments to ordinancesection15.2-2254. Statutory provisions effective after ordinance adoptedsection15.2-2255. Administration and enforcement of regulationssection15.2-2256. Procedure to account for fees for common improvementssection15.2-2257. Procedure to modify certain covenants in Shenandoah Countysection15.2-2258. Plat of proposed subdivision and site plans to be submitted for approvalsection15.2-2259. Designated agent to act on proposed final platsection15.2-2260. Localities may provide for submission of preliminary subdivision plats; how long validsection15.2-2261. Recorded plats or final site plans to be valid for not less than five yearssection15.2-2261.1. Recorded plat or final site plans; conflicting zoning conditionssection15.2-2262. Requisites of platsection15.2-2263. Expedited land development review proceduresection15.2-2264. Statement of consent to subdivision; execution; acknowledgment and recordation; notice to commissioner of the revenue or board of real estate assessorssection15.2-2265. Recordation of approved plat as transfer of streets, termination of easements and rights-of-way, etcsection15.2-2266. Validation of certain plats recorded before January 1, 1975section15.2-2267. Petition to restrict access to certain public streetssection15.2-2268. Localities not obligated to pay for grading, paving, etcsection15.2-2269. Plans and specifications for utility fixtures and systems to be submitted for approvalsection15.2-2270. Vacation of interests granted to a locality as a condition of site plan approvalsection15.2-2271. Vacation of plat before sale of lot therein; ordinance of vacationsection15.2-2272. Vacation of plat after sale of lotsection15.2-2273. Fee for processing application under § 15.2-2271 or § 15.2-2272section15.2-2274. Effect of vacation under § 15.2-2272section15.2-2275. Relocation or vacation of boundary linessection15.2-2276. Duty of clerk when plat vacatedsection15.2-2277. Franklin County may require that notice be given to deed grantees of certain disclaimers regarding responsibility for roads; county eligible to have certain streets taken into secondary systemsection15.2-2278. Vacating plat of subdivisionsection15.2-2279. Ordinances regulating the building of houses and establishing setback linessection15.2-2280. Zoning ordinances generallysection15.2-2281. Jurisdiction of localitiessection15.2-2282. Regulations to be uniformsection15.2-2283. Purpose of zoning ordinancessection15.2-2283.1. Prohibition of sexual offender treatment office in residentially zoned subdivisionsection15.2-2284. Matters to be considered in drawing and applying zoning ordinances and districtssection15.2-2285. Preparation and adoption of zoning ordinance and map and amendments thereto; appealsection15.2-2286. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Permitted provisions in zoning ordinances; amendments; applicant to pay delinquent taxes; penaltiessection15.2-2286.1. Provisions for clustering of single-family dwellings so as to preserve open spacesection15.2-2286.2. Small lot residential zoning district requiredsection15.2-2287. Localities may require oath regarding property interest of local officialssection15.2-2287.1. Disclosures in land use proceedingssection15.2-2288. Localities may not require a special use permit for certain agricultural activitiessection15.2-2288.01. Localities shall not require a special use permit for certain small-scale conversion of biomass to alternative fuelsection15.2-2288.1. Localities may not require a special use permit for certain residential usessection15.2-2288.2. Localities may not require special use permit for certain temporary structuressection15.2-2288.3. Licensed farm wineries; local regulation of certain activitiessection15.2-2288.3:1. Limited brewery license; local regulation of certain activitiessection15.2-2288.3:2. Limited distiller's license; local regulation of certain activitiessection15.2-2288.4. Extension of expiration dates for special use permitssection15.2-2288.5. Meaning of "cemetery" for purposes of zoningsection15.2-2288.6. Agricultural operations; local regulation of certain activitiessection15.2-2288.7. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Local regulation of solar facilitiessection15.2-2288.8. Special exceptions for solar photovoltaic projectssection15.2-2288.9. (Effective January 1, 2027, until January 1, 2031) Affordable housing; religious organizations and other tax-exempt propertiessection15.2-2289. Localities may provide by ordinance for disclosure of real parties in interestsection15.2-2290. Uniform regulations for manufactured housingsection15.2-2291. Assisted living facilities and group homes of eight or fewer; single-family residencesection15.2-2292. Zoning provisions for home-based child caresection15.2-2292.1. Zoning provisions for temporary family health care structuressection15.2-2292.2. Waiver of zoning permit requirements; child day programssection15.2-2292.3. Expedited approval for increased density for certain affordable housing developmentssection15.2-2292.4. (Effective July 1, 2027) Development and use of accessory dwelling unitssection15.2-2293. Airspace subject to zoning ordinancessection15.2-2293.1. Placement of amateur radio antennassection15.2-2293.2. Regulation of helicopter usesection15.2-2294. Airport safety zoningsection15.2-2295. Aircraft noise attenuation features in buildings and structures within airport noise zonessection15.2-2295.1. Regulation of mountain ridge constructionsection15.2-2295.2. Dam break inundation zonessection15.2-2296. Conditional zoning; declaration of legislative policy and findings; purposesection15.2-2297. Same; conditions as part of a rezoning or amendment to zoning mapsection15.2-2298. Same; additional conditions as a part of rezoning or zoning map amendment in certain high-growth localitiessection15.2-2299. Same; enforcement and guaranteessection15.2-2300. Same; recordssection15.2-2301. Same; petition for review of decisionsection15.2-2302. Same; amendments and variations of conditionssection15.2-2303. Conditional zoning in certain localitiessection15.2-2303.1. Development agreements in certain localitiessection15.2-2303.1:1. When certain cash proffers collected or acceptedsection15.2-2303.2. Proffered cash payments and expendituressection15.2-2303.3. Cash proffers requested or accepted by a localitysection15.2-2303.4. Provisions applicable to certain conditional rezoning profferssection15.2-2304. (Effective until July 1, 2027) Affordable dwelling unit ordinances in certain localitiessection15.2-2305. Affordable dwelling unit ordinancessection15.2-2305.1. Affordable housing dwelling unit ordinancessection15.2-2306. Preservation of historical sites and architectural areas; civil penaltysection15.2-2306.1. Creation of working waterfront development areassection15.2-2307. Vested rights not impaired; nonconforming usessection15.2-2307.1. Protection of established commercial fishing operationssection15.2-2308. Boards of zoning appeals to be created; membership, organization, etcsection15.2-2308.1. Boards of zoning appeals, ex parte communications, proceedingssection15.2-2309. Powers and duties of boards of zoning appealssection15.2-2310. Applications for special exceptions and variancessection15.2-2311. Appeals to boardsection15.2-2312. Procedure on appealsection15.2-2313. Proceedings to prevent construction of building in violation of zoning ordinancesection15.2-2314. Review of decision of boardsection15.2-2315. Conflict with statutes, local ordinances or regulationssection15.2-2316. Validation of zoning ordinances prior to 1971section15.2-2316.1. Definitionssection15.2-2316.2. Localities may provide for transfer of development rightssection15.2-2316.3. Definitionssection15.2-2316.4. Zoning; small cell facilitiessection15.2-2316.4:1. Zoning; other wireless facilities and wireless support structuressection15.2-2316.4:2. Application reviewssection15.2-2316.4:3. Additional provisionssection15.2-2316.4:4. Wireless facility modificationssection15.2-2316.4:5. Temporary support structuressection15.2-2316.5. Moratorium prohibitedsection15.2-2316.6. Definitionssection15.2-2316.7. Negotiations; siting agreementsection15.2-2316.8. Powers of host localitiessection15.2-2316.9. Effect of executed siting agreement; land use approvalsection15.2-2316.10. Battery energy storage projects as permitted accessory use to approved solar projectssection15.2-2317. Applicability of articlesection15.2-2318. Definitionssection15.2-2319. Authority to assess and impose impact feessection15.2-2320. Impact fee service areas to be establishedsection15.2-2321. Adoption of road improvements programsection15.2-2322. Adoption of impact fee and schedulesection15.2-2323. When impact fees assessed and imposedsection15.2-2324. Credits against impact feesection15.2-2325. Updating plan and amending impact feesection15.2-2326. Use of proceedssection15.2-2327. Refund of impact feessection15.2-2328. Applicability of articlesection15.2-2329. Imposition of impact fees
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