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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 517 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 1992 \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, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73996,"section_number":"15.2-2204","catch_line":"Advertisement of plans, ordinances, etc.; joint public hearings; written notice of certain amendments","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2204\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154823,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65873,"identifier":"15.2-2206","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/1\/15.2-2206","url":"\/15.2-2206\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2206\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/1\/15.2-2206","dublin_core":{"Title":"When locality may require applicant to give notice; how given","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2206","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any locality<\/span> may by ordinance<\/span> require that a person applying to the local governing body<\/span>, local planning commission<\/span> or board of zoning<\/span> appeals<\/span> pursuant to this chapter be responsible for all required notices. The locality<\/span> shall require that notice be given as provided by \u00a7 15.2-2204<\/a>.\n\t\tThe locality<\/span> 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.\n\t\tThe applicant may rely upon records of the local real estate assessor’s office to ascertain the names of persons entitled to notice.\n\t\tA 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<\/span> at least five days prior to the first hearing<\/span>.\n\t\tThe governing body<\/span> shall allow any person entitled to notice to waive<\/span> such right in writing.\n\t\tNothing herein shall be construed so as to affect the validity of any ordinance<\/span> or amendment adopted prior to July 1, 1992.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHEN LOCALITY MAY REQUIRE APPLICANT TO GIVE NOTICE; HOW GIVEN (\u00a7 15.2-2206)\n\nAny locality may by ordinance require that a person applying to the local\ngoverning body, local planning commission or board of zoning appeals pursuant to\nthis chapter be responsible for all required notices. The locality shall require\nthat notice be given as provided by \u00a7 15.2-2204.\n\t\tThe locality may provide that, in the case of a condominium or of a\ncooperative, the written notice may be mailed to the unit owners’\nassociation or proprietary lessee’s association, respectively, in lieu of\neach individual unit owner.\n\t\tThe applicant may rely upon records of the local real estate assessor’s\noffice to ascertain the names of persons entitled to notice.\n\t\tA certification of notice and a listing of the persons to whom notice has been\nsent shall be supplied by the applicant as required by the local governing body\nat least five days prior to the first hearing.\n\t\tThe governing body shall allow any person entitled to notice to waive such\nright in writing.\n\t\tNothing herein shall be construed so as to affect the validity of any\nordinance or amendment adopted prior to July 1, 1992.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 517, \u00a7 15.1-431.1; 1997, c. 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}}