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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 641 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 1975 \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":[{"id":80521,"section_number":"15.2-1304","catch_line":"Appropriating funds or supplying goods and services to certain regional organizations","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1304\/"},{"id":83434,"section_number":"15.2-2220","catch_line":"Duplicate planning commission authorized for certain local governments","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2220\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67218,"section_number":"15.2-2200","catch_line":"Declaration of legislative intent","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2200\/"},{"id":75336,"section_number":"15.2-2219","catch_line":"Joint local planning commissions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2219\/"},{"id":58779,"section_number":"15.2-4200","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4200\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154869,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85298,"identifier":"15.2-2210","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/2\/15.2-2210","url":"\/15.2-2210\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2210\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/2\/15.2-2210","dublin_core":{"Title":"Creation of local planning commissions; participation in planning district commissions or joint local commissions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2210","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every locality<\/span> shall by resolution or ordinance<\/span> create a local planning commission<\/span> in order<\/span> to promote the orderly development<\/span> of the locality<\/span> and its environs. In accomplishing the objectives of \u00a7 15.2-2200<\/a> the local planning commissions<\/span> shall serve primarily in an advisory capacity to the governing bodies.\n\t\tAny locality<\/span> may participate in a planning district commission<\/span> in accordance with Chapter 42 (\u00a7 15.2-4200<\/a> et seq.) of this title or a joint local commission in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-2219<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCREATION OF LOCAL PLANNING COMMISSIONS; PARTICIPATION IN PLANNING DISTRICT\nCOMMISSIONS OR JOINT LOCAL COMMISSIONS (\u00a7 15.2-2210)\n\nEvery locality shall by resolution or ordinance create a local planning\ncommission in order to promote the orderly development of the locality and its\nenvirons. In accomplishing the objectives of \u00a7 15.2-2200 the local planning\ncommissions shall serve primarily in an advisory capacity to the governing\nbodies.\n\t\tAny locality may participate in a planning district commission in accordance\nwith Chapter 42 (\u00a7 15.2-4200 et seq.) of this title or a joint local commission\nin accordance with \u00a7 15.2-2219.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 641, \u00a7 15.1-427.1; 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}}