General Provisions

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Chapter 22 “Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning”, which is part of Subtitle II “Powers of Local Government”, which is part of Title 15.2 “Counties, Cities and Towns”.

It’s comprised of the following 17 sections.

§ 15.2-2200	Declaration of legislative intent
§ 15.2-2201	Definitions
§ 15.2-2202	Duties of state agencies; electric utilities
§ 15.2-2203	Existing planning commissions and boards of zoning appeals; validation of plans previously adopted
§ 15.2-2204	Advertisement of plans, ordinances, etc.; joint public hearings; written notice of certain amendments
§ 15.2-2205	Additional notice of planning or zoning matters
§ 15.2-2206	When locality may require applicant to give notice; how given
§ 15.2-2207	Public notice of juvenile residential care facilities in certain localities
§ 15.2-2208	Restraining violations of chapter
§ 15.2-2208.1	Damages for unconstitutional grant or denial by locality of certain permits and approvals
§ 15.2-2208.2	Damages for an enforcement action undertaken by a locality with willful disregard for applicable law
§ 15.2-2209	Civil penalties for violations of zoning ordinance
§ 15.2-2209.1	Extension of approvals to address housing crisis
§ 15.2-2209.1:1	Extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic
§ 15.2-2209.1:2	Extension of land use approvals for solar photovoltaic projects
§ 15.2-2209.2	Public infrastructure maintenance bonds
§ 15.2-2209.3	Residential land development and construction fee transparency; annual report