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VA Code § 15.2-2145 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2145. Sale of water and use of streets by one city in another

No city which owns or controls a waterworks system and which is authorized by its charter, or by general law, to sell or supply water to persons, firms or industries residing or located outside of its city limits shall be permitted to sell, supply or dispose of its water to the inhabitants, firms, corporations or industries of any other city, without the consent of such latter city; nor shall it operate any part of its waterworks system or occupy or use the streets, lanes, parks or other public places for such purpose in such latter city without first obtaining consent.Code 1950, § 15-748; 1950, p. 851; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-334; 1970, c. 583; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2146 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2146. Powers of localities to acquire certain waterworks system

For the purpose of providing an adequate water supply or of acquiring, maintaining or enlarging a waterworks system, including chronically noncompliant waterworks, as defined in § 32.1-167, any locality, in addition to other powers conferred by law, may acquire, as provided in § 15.2-1800, within or outside or partly within and partly outside the limits of the locality, the property, in whole or in part, whensoever acquired, of any private or public service corporation operating a waterworks system or chartered for the purpose of acquiring or operating such a system. Such property shall include its lands, plants, works, buildings, machinery, pipes, mains, wells, basins, reservoirs and all appurtenances thereto and its contracts, easements, rights and franchises, including its franchise to be a corporation, whether such property, or any part thereof, is essential to the purposes of the corporation or not. However, any locality condemning property hereunder shall furnish water, at appropriate rates, to the customers of any water company whose property is condemned. The provisions of § 25.1-102 shall not apply in the case of condemnation of an existing water or sewage disposal system in its entirety.Code 1950, § 15-749; 1958, c. 401; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-335; 1966, c. 170; 1987, c. 200; 1997, c. 587; 2003, c. 940; 2007, cc. 648, 774.
VA Code § 15.2-2147 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2147. City acquiring plant within one mile of another city

If any city acquires by purchase, lease, condemnation or otherwise, the property, rights and franchises of any private or public service corporation operating a waterworks system, whose plant is located within one mile of the corporate limits of any other city and whose mains and pipes are laid in the streets of such other city, and could thereby prevent the other city from procuring water from the plant of such corporation, the city so acquiring such property shall establish and maintain the same fees for water under similar conditions and circumstances and furnish the same quality and pressure of water, all conditions considered, to all consumers of the same class in the other city as is furnished to consumers in the city acquiring the property.Code 1950, § 15-751; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-337; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2148 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2148. Contracts for water supply

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a locality from contracting with another locality for the acquisition of a water supply or for the use and management of the water supply of either of them in any manner and upon any terms that they may see fit.Code 1950, § 15-752; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-338; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2149 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2149. Notice to county and State Board of Health required prior to construction

Any person, including municipal corporations, that proposes to establish a water supply consisting of a well, springs, or other source and the necessary pipes, conduits, mains, pumping stations, and other facilities in connection therewith, to serve or to be capable of serving three or more connections shall notify the State Board of Health and shall notify in writing the governing body of the county in which such water system is to be located and shall appear at a regular meeting thereof and notify such governing body in person.In any county having a population of more than 60,000 according to the 1960 or any subsequent census or a county adjoining a city having a population of 200,000 or more according to the 1960 or any subsequent census, no extension of an existing system for the purpose of serving three or more connections shall be made by any person, firm or corporation, other than a municipal corporation, until a plan of such proposed extension, with proof of capacity to serve, has been filed with, and a permit for extension has been obtained from, the sanitation engineer or other county official, if any, designated therefor by the board of supervisors.Code 1950, § 15-754.1; 1954, c. 455; 1956, c. 636; 1958, c. 128; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-341; 1964, c. 191; 1974, c. 246; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2150 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2150. When approval of State Board of Health not required

The approval of the State Board of Health shall not be required unless such water supply serves or proposes to serve at least the number of persons for which the approval of the State Board of Health is required under § 32.1-172.Code 1950, § 15-754.2; 1954, c. 455; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-342; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2151 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2151. Disapproval of system by governing body of counties; failure to disapprove within seventy days

The governing body of any county notified of the proposed establishment of a water system or of the extension of any existing water system under the second paragraph of § 15.2-2149 may disapprove the same, if it finds that such water system does not have an adequate source of supply, or that the system is not capable of serving the proposed number of connections by reason of inadequate pipes, mains, conduits, pumping stations, or otherwise. If, at the expiration of seventy days from the date on which the applicant appeared before the governing body, such governing body has not disapproved the application, the applicant may proceed with the construction and installation of such water system, provided he first gives notice to the chairman of the governing body by registered mail of his intention to proceed.Code 1950, § 15-754.3; 1954, c. 455; 1956, c. 273; 1958, c. 128; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-343; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2152 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2152. Contents of notice to governing body; further information

The applicant shall state in the notice to the governing body required by § 15.2-2149 the number and nature of the connections to which service will be given under the certificate applied for. The governing body may require such further information as it deems desirable in order to pass upon the application.Code 1950, § 15-754.4; 1954, c. 455; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-344; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2153 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2153. Extensions to systems

No person that has constructed or installed a water system after having complied with the provisions of this article shall extend the service in excess of the number of connections for which approval was originally given. In case any such extension is desired, the person shall proceed in the same manner as in the case of an original application under this article.Code 1950, § 15-754.5; 1954, c. 455; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-345; 1974, c. 246; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2154 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2154. Article not applicable to hotel corporations

No provision of this article shall apply to a corporation whose principal business is the operation of a hotel and which from its surplus facilities may furnish water to a limited number of patrons.Code 1950, § 15-754.6; 1954, c. 455; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-346; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2155 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2155. Noncompliance with article; separate offenses

Any person that fails or refuses to notify the governing body of the county in which any such water system is to be constructed or installed, or to notify such governing body of any proposed extension beyond the number of connections for which approval was originally given, or that fails or refuses to notify the State Board of Health of the proposed construction or installation of any such system, and thereafter constructs and installs any such system, or, having given such notice and the same having been disapproved, proceeds to construct or install any such system, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in § 15.2-2156. Each day of operation without notifying the governing body or State Board of Health as above required, or after disapproval by the governing body, shall constitute a separate offense.Code 1950, § 15-754.7; 1954, c. 455; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-347; 1974, c. 246; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2156 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2156. Penalty; enjoining violation

Any person violating any provision of this article shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor and, in addition, may be enjoined from further violation of this article.Code 1950, § 15-754.8; 1954, c. 455; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-348; 1991, c. 710; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2157.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2157.1. Permit for onsite sewage disposal system installation in certain counties

Augusta County may require any person desiring to install a septic tank or other onsite sewage disposal system to secure a permit to do so. A reasonable fee may be prescribed, not to exceed $150, for processing an application for such a permit.2001, c. 204; 2007, cc. 813, 880, 920.
VA Code § 15.2-2158 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 21 - Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities|§ 15.2-2158. Fee for street lighting

A. Frederick County, which provides street lighting service to certain of its residents, may by ordinance charge a fee for the provision of the service, not to exceed the actual cost incurred by the county to procure, develop, and maintain such service, including a reasonable reserve.B. So long as the benefits of any street lighting can be shown to inure to the specific benefit of identifiable neighborhoods or discrete customers in approximately equivalent amounts, the fee may be calculated by dividing the total amount of the street lighting charge by the number of affected customers.C. The fee authorized by this section with which the owner of any such property has been charged and which remains unpaid shall constitute a lien against such property ranking on a parity with liens for unpaid local taxes and administered and enforced in the same manner as provided in Chapter 39 (§ 58.1-3900 et seq.) of Title 58.1.1993, c. 402, § 15.1-360.1; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2200 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 22 - Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning|§ 15.2-2200. Declaration of legislative intent

This chapter is intended to encourage localities to improve the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare of their citizens and to plan for the future development of communities to the end that transportation systems be carefully planned; that new community centers be developed with adequate highway, utility, health, educational, and recreational facilities; that the need for mineral resources and the needs of agriculture, industry, and business be recognized in future growth; that the concerns of military installations be recognized and taken into account in consideration of future development of areas immediately surrounding installations and that where practical, installation commanders shall be consulted on such matters by local officials; that residential areas be provided with healthy surroundings for family life; that agricultural and forestal land be preserved; and that the growth of the community be consonant with the efficient and economical use of public funds.Code 1950, §§ 15-891.1, 15-900, 15-916, 15-961; 1950, pp. 487, 889; 1956, c. 497; 1962, c. 407, § 15.1-427; 1975, c. 641; 1981, c. 418; 1996, cc. 585, 600; 1997, c. 587; 2013, cc. 149, 213.
VA Code § 15.2-2203 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 22 - Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning|§ 15.2-2203. Existing planning commissions and boards of zoning appeals; validation of plans previously adopted

Upon the effective date of this chapter, planning commissions, by whatever name designated, and boards of zoning appeals heretofore established shall continue to operate as though created under the terms of this chapter. All actions lawfully taken by such commissions and boards are hereby validated and continued in effect until amended or repealed in accordance with this chapter.The adoption of a comprehensive or master plan or any general development plans under the authority of prior acts is hereby validated and shall continue in effect until amended under the provisions of this chapter.Code 1950, § 15-961.2; 1962, c. 407, § 15.1-429; 1975, c. 641; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2205 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 22 - Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning|§ 15.2-2205. Additional notice of planning or zoning matters

Any locality may give, in addition to any specific notice required by law, notice by direct mail or any other means of any planning or zoning matter it deems appropriate.1980, c. 545, § 15.1-33.1; 1981, c. 266; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2206 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 22 - Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning|§ 15.2-2206. When locality may require applicant to give notice; how given

Any locality may by ordinance require that a person applying to the local governing body, local planning commission or board of zoning appeals pursuant to this chapter be responsible for all required notices. The locality shall require that notice be given as provided by § 15.2-2204.The locality may provide that, in the case of a condominium or of a cooperative, the written notice may be mailed to the unit owners' association or proprietary lessee's association, respectively, in lieu of each individual unit owner.The applicant may rely upon records of the local real estate assessor's office to ascertain the names of persons entitled to notice.A certification of notice and a listing of the persons to whom notice has been sent shall be supplied by the applicant as required by the local governing body at least five days prior to the first hearing.The governing body shall allow any person entitled to notice to waive such right in writing.Nothing herein shall be construed so as to affect the validity of any ordinance or amendment adopted prior to July 1, 1992.1992, c. 517, § 15.1-431.1; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2207 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 22 - Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning|§ 15.2-2207. Public notice of juvenile residential care facilities in certain localities

In any locality without an applicable zoning ordinance, the local governing body may provide by ordinance that any party desiring to establish a public or private detention home, group home or other residential care facility for children in need of services or for delinquent or alleged delinquent youth must first provide public notice and participate in a public hearing in accordance with § 15.2-2204.1994, c. 372, § 15.1-503.4; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-2208 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 22 - Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning|§ 15.2-2208. Restraining violations of chapter

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.Code 1950, §§ 15-840, 15-851, 15-969; 1962, c. 407, § 15.1-499; 1997, c. 587; 2008, c. 583.
VA Code § 15.2-2208.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 22 - Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning|§ 15.2-2208.1. Damages for unconstitutional grant or denial by locality of certain permits and approvals

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, any applicant aggrieved by the grant or denial by a locality of any approval or permit, however described or delineated, including a special exception, special use permit, conditional use permit, rezoning, site plan, plan of development, and subdivision plan, where such grant included, or denial was based upon, an unconstitutional condition pursuant to the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Virginia, shall be entitled to an award of compensatory damages and to an order remanding the matter to the locality with a direction to grant or issue such permits or approvals without the unconstitutional condition and may be entitled to reasonable attorney fees and court costs.B. In any proceeding, once an unconstitutional condition has been proven by the aggrieved applicant to have been a factor in the grant or denial of the approval or permit, the court shall presume, absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, that such applicant's acceptance of or refusal to accept the unconstitutional condition was the controlling basis for such impermissible grant or denial provided only that the applicant objected to the condition in writing prior to such grant or denial.C. Any action brought pursuant to this section shall be filed with the circuit court having jurisdiction of the land affected or the greater part thereof, and the court shall hear and determine the case as soon as practical, provided that such action is filed within the time limit set forth in subsection C or D of § 15.2-2259, subsection D or E of § 15.2-2260, or subsection F of § 15.2-2285, as may be applicable.2014, cc. 671, 717.
VA Code § 15.2-2209.1:1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 22 - Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning|§ 15.2-2209.1:1. Extension of approvals to address the COVID-19 pandemic

A. Notwithstanding any time limits for validity set out in § 15.2-2260 or 15.2-2261, any subdivision plat valid under § 15.2-2260 and outstanding as of July 1, 2020, and any recorded plat or final site plan valid under § 15.2-2261 and outstanding as of July 1, 2020, shall remain valid until July 1, 2022, or such later date as may be provided for by the terms of the locality's approval, local ordinance, resolution, or regulation. Any other plan or permit associated with such plat or site plan extended by this subsection is similarly extended for the same time period.B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, for any valid special exception, special use permit, or conditional use permit, or any modifications thereto, outstanding as of July 1, 2020, any deadline in the exception permit, or in the local zoning ordinance that requires the landowner or developer to commence the project or incur significant expenses related to improvements for the project within a certain time, is extended until July 1, 2022, or such longer period as may be agreed to by the locality.C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, for any rezoning approved pursuant to § 15.2-2297, 15.2-2298, or 15.2-2303 and valid and outstanding as of July 1, 2020, any proffered condition that requires the landowner or developer to incur significant expenses upon the occurrence of an event related to a stage or level of development is extended until July 1, 2022, or longer as may be agreed to by the locality. However, the extensions in this subsection do not apply (i) to proffered dedications of land or rights-of-way pursuant to § 15.2-2297, 15.2-2298, or 15.2-2303 or (ii) when completion of the event related to the stage or level of development has already occurred.D. The extension of validity provided in subsection A and the extension of deadlines as provided in subsection B will be effective only if any unreleased performance bonds and agreements or other financial guarantees of completion of public improvements in or associated with the proposed development are continued in force. However, if the locality has enacted a bonding moratorium or deferral program, the performance bonds and agreements or other financial guarantees of completion may be waived or modified by the locality, in which case the provisions of subsections A and B apply. The landowner or developer must comply with the terms of any bonding moratorium or deferral agreement with the locality in order for the extensions referred to in this subsection to be effective.2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 40.