Chapter 22 - Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning

Section 15.2-2200 - Declaration of Legislative Intent
Section 15.2-2201 - [Effective Until 7/1/2022] Definitions
Section 15.2-2201 - [Effective 7/1/2022] Definitions
Section 15.2-2202 - [Effective Until 7/1/2022] Duties of State Agencies; Electric Utilities
Section 15.2-2202 - [Effective 7/1/2022] Duties of state agencies; electric utilities
Section 15.2-2203 - Existing Planning Commissions and Boards of Zoning Appeals; Validation of Plans Previously Adopted
Section 15.2-2204 - [Effective Until 7/1/2022] Advertisement of plans, ordinances, etc; joint public hearings; written notice of certain amendments
Section 15.2-2204 - [Effective 7/1/2022] Advertisement of plans, ordinances, etc; joint public hearings; written notice of certain amendments
Section 15.2-2205 - Additional Notice of Planning or Zoning Matters
Section 15.2-2206 - When Locality May Require Applicant to Give Notice; How Given
Section 15.2-2207 - Public Notice of Juvenile Residential Care Facilities in Certain Localities
Section 15.2-2208 - Restraining Violations of Chapter
Section 15.2-2208.1 - Damages for Unconstitutional Grant or Denial by Locality of Certain Permits and Approvals
Section 15.2-2209 - Civil Penalties for Violations of Zoning Ordinance
Section 15.2-2209.1 - Extension of Approvals to Address Housing Crisis
Section 15.2-2209.1:1 - [Effective Until 7/1/2022] Extension of Approvals to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
Section 15.2-2209.1:1 - [Effective 7/1/2022] Extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic
Section 15.2-2209.2 - Public Infrastructure Maintenance Bonds
Section 15.2-2210 - Creation of Local Planning Commissions; Participation in Planning District Commissions or Joint Local Commissions
Section 15.2-2211 - Cooperation of Local Planning Commissions and Other Agencies
Section 15.2-2212 - Qualifications, Appointment, Removal, Terms and Compensation of Members of Local Planning Commissions
Section 15.2-2213 - Advisory Members
Section 15.2-2214 - Meetings
Section 15.2-2215 - Quorum Majority Vote
Section 15.2-2216 - Facilities for Holding of Meetings and Preservation of Documents; Appropriations for Expenses
Section 15.2-2217 - Officers, Employees and Consultants; Expenditures; Rules and Records; Special Surveys
Section 15.2-2218 - County Planning Commission Serving as Commission of Town
Section 15.2-2219 - Joint Local Planning Commissions
Section 15.2-2220 - Duplicate Planning Commission Authorized for Certain Local Governments
Section 15.2-2221 - Duties of Commissions
Section 15.2-2222 - Expenditures; Gifts and Donations
Section 15.2-2222.1 - Coordination of State and Local Transportation Planning
Section 15.2-2223 - Comprehensive Plan to Be Prepared and Adopted; Scope and Purpose
Section 15.2-2223.1 - Comprehensive Plan to Include Urban Development Areas
Section 15.2-2223.2 - Comprehensive Plan to Include Coastal Resource Management Guidance
Section 15.2-2223.3 - Comprehensive Plan Shall Incorporate Strategies to Combat Projected Sea-Level Rise and Recurrent Flooding
Section 15.2-2223.5 - Comprehensive plan shall address manufactured housing
Section 15.2-2224 - Surveys and studies to be made in preparation of plan; implementation of plan
Section 15.2-2225 - Notice and Hearing on Plan; Recommendation by Local Planning Commission to Governing Body; Posting of Plan on Website
Section 15.2-2226 - Adoption or Disapproval of Plan by Governing Body
Section 15.2-2227 - Return of Plan to Local Planning Commission; Resubmission
Section 15.2-2228 - Adoption of Parts of Plan
Section 15.2-2229 - Amendments
Section 15.2-2230 - Plan to Be Reviewed at Least Once Every Five Years
Section 15.2-2230.1 - Public Facilities Study
Section 15.2-2231 - Inclusion of Incorporated Towns in County Plan; Inclusion of Adjacent Unincorporated Territory in Municipal Plan
Section 15.2-2232 - [Effective Until 7/1/2022] Legal Status of Plan
Section 15.2-2232 - [Effective 7/1/2022] Legal status of plan
Section 15.2-2233 - Maps to Be Prepared in Localities; What Map Shall Show
Section 15.2-2234 - Adoption; Filing in Office of Clerk of Court
Section 15.2-2235 - Additions and Modifications
Section 15.2-2236 - Periodic Review and Readoption
Section 15.2-2237 - Consultation with Commonwealth Transportation Board; Copies of Map and Ordinance to Be Sent to Commonwealth Transportation Board
Section 15.2-2238 - Authority of Counties under Article 2 (Section 33.2-705 Et Seq.) of Chapter 7 Not Affected
Section 15.2-2239 - Local Planning Commissions to Prepare and Submit Annually Capital Improvement Programs to Governing Body or Official Charged with Preparation of Budget
Section 15.2-2240 - Localities to Adopt Ordinances Regulating Subdivision and Development of Land
Section 15.2-2241 - Mandatory Provisions of a Subdivision Ordinance
Section 15.2-2241.1 - Bonding Requirements for the Acceptance of Dedication for Public Use of Certain Facilities
Section 15.2-2241.2 - Bonding Provisions for Decommissioning of Solar Energy Equipment, Facilities, or Devices
Section 15.2-2242 - Optional Provisions of a Subdivision Ordinance
Section 15.2-2243 - [Effective Until 7/1/2022] Payment by Subdivider of the pro Rata Share of the Cost of Certain Facilities
Section 15.2-2243 - [Effective 7/1/2022] Payment by subdivider of the pro rata share of the cost of certain facilities
Section 15.2-2243.1 - Payment by Developer or Subdivider
Section 15.2-2244 - Provisions for Subdivision of a Lot for Conveyance to a Family Member
Section 15.2-2244.1 - Additional Method for Subdivision of a Lot for Conveyance to a Family Member
Section 15.2-2244.2 - Subdivision of a Lot of Property Held in Trust for a Family Member
Section 15.2-2245 - Provisions for Periodic Partial and Final Release of Certain Performance Guarantees
Section 15.2-2245.1 - Stormwater Management Ponds; Removal of Trees
Section 15.2-2246 - Site Plans Submitted in Accordance with Zoning Ordinance
Section 15.2-2247 - Applicability of Subdivision Ordinance to Manufactured Homes
Section 15.2-2248 - Application of Certain Municipal Subdivision Regulations Beyond Corporate Limits of Municipality
Section 15.2-2249 - Application of County Subdivision Regulations in Area Subject to Municipal Jurisdiction
Section 15.2-2250 - Disagreement Between County and Municipality as to Regulations
Section 15.2-2251 - Local Planning Commission Shall Prepare and Recommend Ordinance; Notice and Hearing on Ordinance
Section 15.2-2252 - Filing and Recording of Ordinance and Amendments Thereto
Section 15.2-2253 - Preparation and Adoption of Amendments to Ordinance
Section 15.2-2254 - Statutory Provisions Effective after Ordinance Adopted
Section 15.2-2255 - Administration and Enforcement of Regulations
Section 15.2-2256 - Procedure to Account for Fees for Common Improvements
Section 15.2-2257 - Procedure to Modify Certain Covenants in Shenandoah County
Section 15.2-2258 - Plat of Proposed Subdivision and Site Plans to Be Submitted for Approval
Section 15.2-2259 - Local Planning Commission to Act on Proposed Plat
Section 15.2-2260 - Localities May Provide for Submission of Preliminary Subdivision Plats; How Long Valid
Section 15.2-2261 - Recorded Plats or Final Site Plans to Be Valid for Not Less than Five Years
Section 15.2-2261.1 - Recorded Plat or Final Site Plans; Conflicting Zoning Conditions
Section 15.2-2262 - Requisites of Plat
Section 15.2-2263 - Expedited Land Development Review Procedure
Section 15.2-2264 - Statement of Consent to Subdivision; Execution; Acknowledgment and Recordation; Notice to Commissioner of the Revenue or Board of Real Estate Assessors
Section 15.2-2265 - Recordation of Approved Plat as Transfer of Streets, Termination of Easements and Rights-Of-Way, Etc.
Section 15.2-2266 - Validation of Certain Plats Recorded Before January 1, 1975
Section 15.2-2267 - Petition to Restrict Access to Certain Public Streets
Section 15.2-2268 - Localities Not Obligated to Pay for Grading, Paving, Etc.
Section 15.2-2269 - Plans and Specifications for Utility Fixtures and Systems to Be Submitted for Approval
Section 15.2-2270 - Vacation of Interests Granted to a Locality as a Condition of Site Plan Approval
Section 15.2-2271 - Vacation of Plat Before Sale of Lot Therein; Ordinance of Vacation
Section 15.2-2272 - Vacation of Plat after Sale of Lot
Section 15.2-2273 - Fee for Processing Application under Section 15.2-2271 or Section 15.2-2272
Section 15.2-2274 - Effect of Vacation under Section 15.2-2272
Section 15.2-2275 - Relocation or Vacation of Boundary Lines
Section 15.2-2276 - Duty of Clerk When Plat Vacated
Section 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
Section 15.2-2278 - Vacating Plat of Subdivision
Section 15.2-2279 - Ordinances Regulating the Building of Houses and Establishing Setback Lines
Section 15.2-2280 - Zoning Ordinances Generally
Section 15.2-2281 - Jurisdiction of Localities
Section 15.2-2282 - Regulations to Be Uniform
Section 15.2-2283 - Purpose of Zoning Ordinances
Section 15.2-2283.1 - Prohibition of Sexual Offender Treatment Office in Residentially Zoned Subdivision
Section 15.2-2284 - Matters to Be Considered in Drawing and Applying Zoning Ordinances and Districts
Section 15.2-2285 - Preparation and Adoption of Zoning Ordinance and Map and Amendments Thereto; Appeal
Section 15.2-2286 - Permitted Provisions in Zoning Ordinances; Amendments; Applicant to Pay Delinquent Taxes; Penalties
Section 15.2-2286.1 - Provisions for Clustering of Single-Family Dwellings so as to Preserve Open Space
Section 15.2-2287 - Localities May Require Oath Regarding Property Interest of Local Officials
Section 15.2-2287.1 - Disclosures in Land Use Proceedings
Section 15.2-2288 - Localities May Not Require a Special Use Permit for Certain Agricultural Activities
Section 15.2-2288.01 - Localities Shall Not Require a Special Use Permit for Certain Small-Scale Conversion of Biomass to Alternative Fuel
Section 15.2-2288.1 - Localities May Not Require a Special Use Permit for Certain Residential Uses
Section 15.2-2288.2 - Localities May Not Require Special Use Permit for Certain Temporary Structures
Section 15.2-2288.3 - Licensed farm wineries; local regulation of certain activities
Section 15.2-2288.3:1 - Limited brewery license; local regulation of certain activities
Section 15.2-2288.3:2 - Limited distiller's license; local regulation of certain activities
Section 15.2-2288.4 - Extension of Expiration Dates for Special Use Permits
Section 15.2-2288.5 - Meaning of "Cemetery" for Purposes of Zoning
Section 15.2-2288.6 - [Effective Until 7/1/2022] Agricultural Operations; Local Regulation of Certain Activities
Section 15.2-2288.6 - [Effective 7/1/2022] Agricultural operations; local regulation of certain activities
Section 15.2-2288.7 - Local Regulation of Solar Facilities
Section 15.2-2288.8 - Special exceptions for solar photovoltaic projects
Section 15.2-2289 - Localities May Provide by Ordinance for Disclosure of Real Parties in Interest
Section 15.2-2290 - Uniform Regulations for Manufactured Housing
Section 15.2-2291 - Assisted Living Facilities and Group Homes of Eight or Fewer; Single-Family Residence
Section 15.2-2292 - Zoning provisions for family day homes
Section 15.2-2292.1 - Zoning Provisions for Temporary Family Health Care Structures
Section 15.2-2293 - Airspace Subject to Zoning Ordinances
Section 15.2-2293.1 - Placement of Amateur Radio Antennas
Section 15.2-2293.2 - Regulation of Helicopter Use
Section 15.2-2294 - Airport Safety Zoning
Section 15.2-2295 - Aircraft Noise Attenuation Features in Buildings and Structures Within Airport Noise Zones
Section 15.2-2295.1 - Regulation of mountain ridge construction
Section 15.2-2295.2 - Dam Break Inundation Zones
Section 15.2-2296 - Conditional Zoning; Declaration of Legislative Policy and Findings; Purpose
Section 15.2-2297 - Same; Conditions as Part of a Rezoning or Amendment to Zoning Map
Section 15.2-2298 - Same; Additional Conditions as a Part of Rezoning or Zoning Map Amendment in Certain High-Growth Localities
Section 15.2-2299 - Same; Enforcement and Guarantees
Section 15.2-2300 - Same; Records
Section 15.2-2301 - Same; Petition for Review of Decision
Section 15.2-2302 - Same; Amendments and Variations of Conditions
Section 15.2-2303 - Conditional Zoning in Certain Localities
Section 15.2-2303.1 - Development Agreements in Certain Counties
Section 15.2-2303.1:1 - [Expired] When Certain Cash Proffers Collected or Accepted
Section 15.2-2303.2 - Proffered Cash Payments and Expenditures
Section 15.2-2303.3 - Cash Proffers Requested or Accepted by a Locality
Section 15.2-2303.4 - Provisions Applicable to Certain Conditional Rezoning Proffers
Section 15.2-2304 - Affordable Dwelling Unit Ordinances in Certain Localities
Section 15.2-2305 - Affordable Dwelling Unit Ordinances
Section 15.2-2305.1 - Affordable Housing Dwelling Unit Ordinances
Section 15.2-2306 - Preservation of historical sites and architectural areas
Section 15.2-2306.1 - Creation of Working Waterfront Development Areas
Section 15.2-2307 - Vested Rights Not Impaired; Nonconforming Uses
Section 15.2-2307.1 - Protection of Established Commercial Fishing Operations
Section 15.2-2308 - [Effective Until 7/1/2022] Boards of zoning appeals to be created; membership, organization, etc
Section 15.2-2308 - [Effective 7/1/2022] Boards of zoning appeals to be created; membership, organization, etc
Section 15.2-2308.1 - Boards of Zoning Appeals, Ex Parte Communications, Proceedings
Section 15.2-2309 - Powers and Duties of Boards of Zoning Appeals
Section 15.2-2310 - Applications for Special Exceptions and Variances
Section 15.2-2311 - Appeals to Board
Section 15.2-2312 - Procedure on Appeal
Section 15.2-2313 - Proceedings to Prevent Construction of Building in Violation of Zoning Ordinance
Section 15.2-2314 - Certiorari to Review Decision of Board
Section 15.2-2315 - Conflict with Statutes, Local Ordinances or Regulations
Section 15.2-2316 - Validation of Zoning Ordinances Prior to 1971
Section 15.2-2316.1 - Definitions
Section 15.2-2316.2 - Localities May Provide for Transfer of Development Rights
Section 15.2-2316.3 - Definitions
Section 15.2-2316.4 - Zoning; Small Cell Facilities
Section 15.2-2316.4:1 - Zoning; Other Wireless Facilities and Wireless Support Structures
Section 15.2-2316.4:2 - Application Reviews
Section 15.2-2316.4:3 - Additional Provisions
Section 15.2-2316.5 - Moratorium Prohibited
Section 15.2-2316.6 - Definitions
Section 15.2-2316.7 - Negotiations; siting agreement
Section 15.2-2316.8 - Powers of host localities
Section 15.2-2316.9 - Effect of executed siting agreement; land use approval
Section 15.2-2317 - Applicability of Article
Section 15.2-2318 - Definitions
Section 15.2-2319 - Authority to Assess and Impose Impact Fees
Section 15.2-2320 - Impact Fee Service Areas to Be Established
Section 15.2-2321 - Adoption of Road Improvements Program
Section 15.2-2322 - Adoption of Impact Fee and Schedule
Section 15.2-2323 - When Impact Fees Assessed and Imposed
Section 15.2-2324 - Credits Against Impact Fee
Section 15.2-2325 - Updating Plan and Amending Impact Fee
Section 15.2-2326 - Use of Proceeds
Section 15.2-2327 - Refund of Impact Fees
Section 15.2-2328 - Applicability of Article
Section 15.2-2329 - Imposition of Impact Fees