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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 372<\/a> 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. 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":154827,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64104,"identifier":"15.2-2207","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/1\/15.2-2207","url":"\/15.2-2207\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2207\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/1\/15.2-2207","dublin_core":{"Title":"Public notice of juvenile residential care facilities in certain localities","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2207","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In any locality<\/span> without an applicable zoning<\/span> ordinance<\/span>, the local governing body<\/span> may provide by ordinance<\/span> that any party<\/span> 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<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-2204<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPUBLIC NOTICE OF JUVENILE RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES IN CERTAIN LOCALITIES (\u00a7\n15.2-2207)\n\nIn any locality without an applicable zoning ordinance, the local governing body\nmay provide by ordinance that any party desiring to establish a public or\nprivate detention home, group home or other residential care facility for\nchildren in need of services or for delinquent or alleged delinquent youth must\nfirst provide public notice and participate in a public hearing in accordance\nwith \u00a7 15.2-2204.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 372, \u00a7 15.1-503.4; 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}}