Virginia

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2200. Declaration of legislative intent.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2201. Definitions.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2202. Duties of state agencies; electric utilities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2203. Existing planning commissions and boards of zoning appeals; validation of plans previously adopted.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2204. Advertisement of plans, ordinances, etc.; joint public hearings; written notice of certain amendments.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2205. Additional notice of planning or zoning matters.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2206. When locality may require applicant to give notice; how given.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2207. Public notice of juvenile residential care facilities in certain localities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2208. Restraining violations of chapter.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2208.1. Damages for unconstitutional grant or denial by locality of certain permits and approvals.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2208.2. Damages for an enforcement action undertaken by a locality with willful disregard for applicable law.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2209. Civil penalties for violations of zoning ordinance.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2209.1:1. Extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2209.1:2. Extension of land use approvals for solar photovoltaic projects.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2209.1. Extension of approvals to address housing crisis.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2209.2. Public infrastructure maintenance bonds.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2209.3. Residential land development and construction fee transparency; annual report.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2210. Creation of local planning commissions; participation in planning district commissions or joint local commissions.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2211. Cooperation of local planning commissions and other agencies.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2212. Qualifications, appointment, removal, terms and compensation of members of local planning commissions.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2213. Advisory members.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2214. Meetings.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2215. Quorum majority vote.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2216. Facilities for holding of meetings and preservation of documents; appropriations for expenses.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2217. Officers, employees and consultants; expenditures; rules and records; special surveys.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2218. County planning commission serving as commission of town.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2219. Joint local planning commissions.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2220. Duplicate planning commission authorized for certain local governments.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2221. Duties of commissions.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2222. Expenditures; gifts and donations.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2222.1. Coordination of state and local transportation planning.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2223. Comprehensive plan to be prepared and adopted; scope and purpose.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2223.1. Comprehensive plan to include urban development areas.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2223.2. Comprehensive plan to include coastal resource management guidance.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2223.3. Comprehensive plan shall incorporate strategies to combat projected sea-level rise and recurrent flooding.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2223.4. Comprehensive plan shall provide for transit-oriented development.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2223.5. Comprehensive plan shall address manufactured housing.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2224. Surveys and studies to be made in preparation of plan; implementation of plan.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2225. Notice and hearing on plan; recommendation by local planning commission to governing body; posting of plan on website.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2226. Adoption or disapproval of plan by governing body.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2227. Return of plan to local planning commission; resubmission.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2228. Adoption of parts of plan.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2229. Amendments.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2230. Plan to be reviewed at least once every five years.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2230.1. Public facilities study.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2231. Inclusion of incorporated towns in county plan; inclusion of adjacent unincorporated territory in municipal plan.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2232. Legal status of plan.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2233. Maps to be prepared in localities; what map shall show.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2234. Adoption; filing in office of clerk of court.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2235. Additions and modifications.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2236. Periodic review and readoption.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2237. Consultation with Commonwealth Transportation Board; copies of map and ordinance to be sent to Commonwealth Transportation Board.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2238. Authority of counties under Article 2 (§ 33.2-705 et seq.) of Chapter 7 not affected.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2239. Local planning commissions to prepare and submit annually capital improvement programs to governing body or official charged with preparation of budget.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2240. Localities to adopt ordinances regulating subdivision and development of land.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2241. Mandatory provisions of a subdivision ordinance.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2241.1. Bonding requirements for the acceptance of dedication for public use of certain facilities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2241.2. Bonding provisions for decommissioning of solar energy equipment, facilities, or devices.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2242. Optional provisions of a subdivision ordinance.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2243. Payment by subdivider of the pro rata share of the cost of certain facilities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2243.1. Payment by developer or subdivider.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2244. Provisions for subdivision of a lot for conveyance to a family member.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2244.1. Additional method for subdivision of a lot for conveyance to a family member.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2244.2. Subdivision of a lot of property held in trust for a family member.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2245. Provisions for periodic partial and final release of certain performance guarantees.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2245.1. Stormwater management ponds; removal of trees.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2246. Site plans submitted in accordance with zoning ordinance.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2247. Applicability of subdivision ordinance to manufactured homes.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2248. Application of certain municipal subdivision regulations beyond corporate limits of municipality.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2249. Application of county subdivision regulations in area subject to municipal jurisdiction.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2250. Disagreement between county and municipality as to regulations.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2251. Local planning commission shall prepare and recommend ordinance; notice and hearing on ordinance.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2252. Filing and recording of ordinance and amendments thereto.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2253. Preparation and adoption of amendments to ordinance.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2254. Statutory provisions effective after ordinance adopted.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2255. Administration and enforcement of regulations.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2256. Procedure to account for fees for common improvements.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2257. Procedure to modify certain covenants in Shenandoah County.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2258. Plat of proposed subdivision and site plans to be submitted for approval.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2259. Designated agent to act on proposed final plat.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2260. Localities may provide for submission of preliminary subdivision plats; how long valid.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2261. Recorded plats or final site plans to be valid for not less than five years.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2261.1. Recorded plat or final site plans; conflicting zoning conditions.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2262. Requisites of plat.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2263. Expedited land development review procedure.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2264. Statement of consent to subdivision; execution; acknowledgment and recordation; notice to commissioner of the revenue or board of real estate assessors.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2265. Recordation of approved plat as transfer of streets, termination of easements and rights-of-way, etc.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2266. Validation of certain plats recorded before January 1, 1975.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2267. Petition to restrict access to certain public streets.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2268. Localities not obligated to pay for grading, paving, etc.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2269. Plans and specifications for utility fixtures and systems to be submitted for approval.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2270. Vacation of interests granted to a locality as a condition of site plan approval.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2271. Vacation of plat before sale of lot therein; ordinance of vacation.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2272. Vacation of plat after sale of lot.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2273. Fee for processing application under § 15.2-2271 or § 15.2-2272.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2274. Effect of vacation under § 15.2-2272.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2275. Relocation or vacation of boundary lines.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2276. Duty of clerk when plat vacated.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2277. 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 system.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2278. Vacating plat of subdivision.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2279. Ordinances regulating the building of houses and establishing setback lines.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2280. Zoning ordinances generally.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2281. Jurisdiction of localities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2282. Regulations to be uniform.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2283. Purpose of zoning ordinances.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2283.1. Prohibition of sexual offender treatment office in residentially zoned subdivision.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2284. Matters to be considered in drawing and applying zoning ordinances and districts.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2285. Preparation and adoption of zoning ordinance and map and amendments thereto; appeal.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2286. Permitted provisions in zoning ordinances; amendments; applicant to pay delinquent taxes; penalties.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2286.1. Provisions for clustering of single-family dwellings so as to preserve open space.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2287. Localities may require oath regarding property interest of local officials.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2287.1. Disclosures in land use proceedings.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2288. Localities may not require a special use permit for certain agricultural activities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2288.01. Localities shall not require a special use permit for certain small-scale conversion of biomass to alternative fuel.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2288.1. Localities may not require a special use permit for certain residential uses.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2288.2. Localities may not require special use permit for certain temporary structures.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2288.3:2. Limited distiller's license; local regulation of certain activities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2288.3:1. Limited brewery license; local regulation of certain activities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2288.3. Licensed farm wineries; local regulation of certain activities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2288.4. Extension of expiration dates for special use permits.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2288.5. Meaning of "cemetery" for purposes of zoning.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2288.6. Agricultural operations; local regulation of certain activities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2288.7. Local regulation of solar facilities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2288.8. Special exceptions for solar photovoltaic projects.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2289. Localities may provide by ordinance for disclosure of real parties in interest.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2290. Uniform regulations for manufactured housing.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2291. Assisted living facilities and group homes of eight or fewer; single-family residence.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2292. Zoning provisions for family day homes.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2292.1. Zoning provisions for temporary family health care structures.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2292.2. Waiver of zoning permit requirements; child day programs.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2293. Airspace subject to zoning ordinances.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2293.1. Placement of amateur radio antennas.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2293.2. Regulation of helicopter use.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2294. Airport safety zoning.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2295. Aircraft noise attenuation features in buildings and structures within airport noise zones.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2295.1. Regulation of mountain ridge construction.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2295.2. Dam break inundation zones.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2296. Conditional zoning; declaration of legislative policy and findings; purpose.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2297. Same; conditions as part of a rezoning or amendment to zoning map.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2298. Same; additional conditions as a part of rezoning or zoning map amendment in certain high-growth localities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2299. Same; enforcement and guarantees.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2300. Same; records.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2301. Same; petition for review of decision.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2302. Same; amendments and variations of conditions.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2303. Conditional zoning in certain localities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2303.1:1. When certain cash proffers collected or accepted.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2303.1. Development agreements in certain counties.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2303.2. Proffered cash payments and expenditures.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2303.3. Cash proffers requested or accepted by a locality.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2303.4. Provisions applicable to certain conditional rezoning proffers.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2304. Affordable dwelling unit ordinances in certain localities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2305. Affordable dwelling unit ordinances.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2305.1. Affordable housing dwelling unit ordinances.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2306. Preservation of historical sites and architectural areas; civil penalty.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2306.1. Creation of working waterfront development areas.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2307. Vested rights not impaired; nonconforming uses.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2307.1. Protection of established commercial fishing operations.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2308. Boards of zoning appeals to be created; membership, organization, etc.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2308.1. Boards of zoning appeals, ex parte communications, proceedings.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2309. Powers and duties of boards of zoning appeals.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2310. Applications for special exceptions and variances.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2311. Appeals to board.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2312. Procedure on appeal.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2313. Proceedings to prevent construction of building in violation of zoning ordinance.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2314. Certiorari to review decision of board.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2315. Conflict with statutes, local ordinances or regulations.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316. Validation of zoning ordinances prior to 1971.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.1. Definitions.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.2. Localities may provide for transfer of development rights.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.3. Definitions.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.4:3. Additional provisions.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.4:2. Application reviews.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.4:1. Zoning; other wireless facilities and wireless support structures.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.4. Zoning; small cell facilities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.5. Moratorium prohibited.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.6. Definitions.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.7. Negotiations; siting agreement.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.8. Powers of host localities.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2316.9. Effect of executed siting agreement; land use approval.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2317. Applicability of article.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2318. Definitions.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2319. Authority to assess and impose impact fees.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2320. Impact fee service areas to be established.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2321. Adoption of road improvements program.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2322. Adoption of impact fee and schedule.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2323. When impact fees assessed and imposed.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2324. Credits against impact fee.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2325. Updating plan and amending impact fee.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2326. Use of proceeds.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2327. Refund of impact fees.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2328. Applicability of article.

Code of Virginia § 15.2-2329. Imposition of impact fees.