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The ordinance may require that, prior to execution of an offer to buy:\n\n1\n\nSuch documents be located on the site of the property encompassed by the subdivision, plat, or planned unit development in which the property for sale is located, or at an office in its immediate vicinity; and2\n\nThe seller of the new home notify the prospective home buyers of the location of these documents and provide a reasonable opportunity for such prospective buyers to inspect these documents.\n\t\t\tAny violation of such an ordinance shall be punishable by a civil fine of not more than $100.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":272236,"text":"Any county having an urban county executive or county executive form of government, or any county adjacent to any two or more such counties, may by ordinance require that the sellers of new homes provide to home buyers access to copies of the approved subdivision plat, all development plans approved as part of the zoning for the planned unit development, proffered conditions accepted pursuant to subsection A of \u00a7 15.2-2286 as part of the zoning approval for the development, and the comprehensive plan for the area of the county, all of which documents shall include the property for sale and shall be current as of the date access to such documents is provided. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 409 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1983 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0547\">547<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67238,"section_number":"15.2-2286","catch_line":"Permitted provisions in zoning ordinances; amendments; applicant to pay delinquent taxes; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2286\/"}],"permalink":{"id":152617,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75811,"identifier":"15.2-1216","token":"15.2\/II\/12\/1\/15.2-1216","url":"\/15.2-1216\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1216\/","token":"15.2\/II\/12\/1\/15.2-1216","dublin_core":{"Title":"Provision of information to prospective buyers in planned development units","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1216","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Any <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> having an urban <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> executive or <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> executive form of government, or any <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span> adjacent to any two or more such counties, may by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> require that the sellers of new homes provide to home buyers access to copies of the approved subdivision plat, all development plans approved as part of the zoning for the planned unit development, proffered conditions accepted pursuant to subsection A of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Permitted provisions in zoning ordinances; amendments; applicant to pay delinquent taxes; penalties\" href=\"\/15.2-2286\/\">15.2-2286<\/a> as part of the zoning approval for the development, and the comprehensive plan for the area of the <span class=\"dictionary\">county<\/span>, all of which documents shall include the property for sale and shall be current as of the date access to such documents is provided. The <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> may require that, prior to execution of an offer to buy:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Such documents be located on the site of the property encompassed by the subdivision, plat, or planned unit development in which the property for sale is located, or at an office in its immediate vicinity; and <a id=\"paragraph-272237\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-1216\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The seller of the new home notify the prospective home buyers of the location of these documents and provide a reasonable opportunity for such prospective buyers to inspect these documents.\n\t\t\tAny violation of such an <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> shall be punishable by a civil fine of not more than $100. <a id=\"paragraph-272238\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/15.2-1216\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROVISION OF INFORMATION TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS IN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT UNITS (\u00a7\n15.2-1216)\n\nAny county having an urban county executive or county executive form of\ngovernment, or any county adjacent to any two or more such counties, may by\nordinance require that the sellers of new homes provide to home buyers access to\ncopies of the approved subdivision plat, all development plans approved as part\nof the zoning for the planned unit development, proffered conditions accepted\npursuant to subsection A of \u00a7 15.2-2286 as part of the zoning approval for the\ndevelopment, and the comprehensive plan for the area of the county, all of which\ndocuments shall include the property for sale and shall be current as of the\ndate access to such documents is provided. The ordinance may require that, prior\nto execution of an offer to buy:\n\n1. Such documents be located on the site of the property encompassed by the\nsubdivision, plat, or planned unit development in which the property for sale is\nlocated, or at an office in its immediate vicinity; and\n\n2. The seller of the new home notify the prospective home buyers of the location\nof these documents and provide a reasonable opportunity for such prospective\nbuyers to inspect these documents.\n\t\t\tAny violation of such an ordinance shall be punishable by a civil fine of not\nmore than $100.\n\nHISTORY: 1983, c. 409, \u00a7 15.1-29.10; 1997, cc. 547, 587.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}