CODE OF VIRGINIA

NORTH AND SOUTH ZONES (§ 55-288.1)

For the purpose of the use of these systems, the Commonwealth is divided into a
“North Zone” and a “South Zone.”The area now included in
the following counties and cities shall constitute the North Zone: the Counties
of Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier,
Frederick, Greene, Highland, King George, Loudoun, Madison, Orange, Page, Prince
William, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren
and Westmoreland; and the Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church,
Fredericksburg, Harrisonburg, Manassas, Manassas Park, Staunton, Waynesboro, and
Winchester.The area now included in the following counties and cities shall
constitute the South Zone: the Counties of Accomack, Albemarle, Alleghany,
Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Brunswick, Buchanan,
Buckingham, Campbell, Carroll, Charles City, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Craig,
Cumberland, Dickenson, Dinwiddie, Essex, Floyd, Fluvanna, Franklin, Giles,
Gloucester, Goochland, Grayson, Greensville, Halifax, Hanover, Henrico, Henry,
Isle of Wight, James City, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Lee, Louisa,
Lunenburg, Mathews, Mecklenburg, Middlesex, Montgomery, Nelson, New Kent,
Northampton, Northumberland, Nottoway, Patrick, Pittsylvania, Powhatan, Prince
Edward, Prince George, Pulaski, Richmond, Roanoke, Rockbridge, Russell, Scott,
Smyth, Southampton, Surry, Sussex, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, Wythe, and York;
and the Cities of Bristol, Buena Vista, Charlottesville, Chesapeake, Colonial
Heights, Covington, Danville, Emporia, Franklin, Galax, Hampton, Hopewell,
Lexington, Lynchburg, Martinsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Norton, Petersburg,
Poquoson, Portsmouth, Radford, Richmond, Roanoke, Salem, Suffolk, Virginia
Beach, and Williamsburg.

HISTORY: 1984, c. 726; 2006, c. 861; 2016, cc. 164, 312.