CODE OF VIRGINIA

RESTRAINING VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER (§ 15.2-2208)

A. Any violation or attempted violation of this chapter, or of any regulation
adopted hereunder may be restrained, corrected, or abated as the case may be by
injunction or other appropriate proceeding.

B. At any time after the filing of an injunction or other appropriate proceeding
to restrain, correct, or abate a zoning ordinance violation and where the owner
of the real property is a party to such proceeding, the zoning administrator or
governing body may record a memorandum of lis pendens pursuant to § 8.01-268.
Any memorandum of lis pendens admitted to record in an action to enforce a
zoning ordinance shall expire after 180 days. If the local government has
initiated an enforcement proceeding against the owner of the real property and
such owner subsequently transfers the ownership of the real property to an
entity in which the owner holds an ownership interest greater than 50 percent,
the pending enforcement proceeding shall continue to be enforced against the
owner.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 15-840, 15-851, 15-969; 1962, c. 407, § 15.1-499;
1997, c. 587; 2008, c. 583.