CODE OF VIRGINIA LOCAL PLANNING COMMISSION SHALL PREPARE AND RECOMMEND ORDINANCE; NOTICE AND HEARING ON ORDINANCE (§ 15.2-2251) In every locality the local planning commission shall prepare and recommend the subdivision ordinance and transmit it to the governing body. The governing body of every locality shall approve and adopt a subdivision ordinance only after notice has been published, and a public hearing held, in accordance with § 15.2-2204. HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 15-782, 15-967.5; 1962, c. 407, § 15.1-470; 1975, c. 641; 1997, c. 587.