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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>347944</law_id><section_number>15.2-2315</section_number><catch_line>Conflict with statutes, local ordinances or regulations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="15" identifier="22">Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="7" identifier="7">Zoning</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Whenever the regulations made under authority of this article require a greater width or size of yards, <span class="dictionary">courts</span> or other open spaces, require a lower height of building or less number of stories, require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied or impose other higher standards than are required in any other <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made under authority of this article shall govern. Whenever the provisions of any other <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or regulation require a greater width or size of yards, <span class="dictionary">courts</span> or other open spaces, require a lower height of building or a less number of stories, require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied or impose other higher standards than are required by the regulations made under authority of this article, the provisions of such <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> or regulation shall govern.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 15-842, 15-968.12; 1962, c. 407, &#xA7; 15.1-498; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
