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This law was first created in 1993. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 738 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 813<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85298,"section_number":"15.2-2210","catch_line":"Creation of local planning commissions; participation in planning district commissions or joint local commissions","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2210\/"},{"id":61171,"section_number":"15.2-2222","catch_line":"Expenditures; gifts and donations","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2222\/"},{"id":76956,"section_number":"15.2-2258","catch_line":"Plat of proposed subdivision and site plans to be submitted for approval","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2258\/"},{"id":87205,"section_number":"15.2-2261","catch_line":"Recorded plats or final site plans to be valid for not less than five years","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2261\/"},{"id":72347,"section_number":"62.1-44.15:67","catch_line":"Cooperative state-local program","order_by":null,"url":"\/62.1-44.15_67\/"}],"permalink":{"id":154909,"object_type":"law","relational_id":83434,"identifier":"15.2-2220","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/2\/15.2-2220","url":"\/15.2-2220\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2220\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/2\/15.2-2220","dublin_core":{"Title":"Duplicate planning commission authorized for certain local governments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2220","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Cities of Chesapeake and Hampton may by ordinance<\/span> establish a duplicate planning commission solely for the purpose of considering matters arising from the provisions of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (\u00a7 62.1-44.15:67<\/a> et seq.). Sections 15.2-2210<\/a> through 15.2-2222<\/a> shall apply to the commission, mutatis mutandis<\/span>.\n\t\tThe procedure, timing requirements and appeal<\/span> to the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> set forth in \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-2258<\/a> through 15.2-2261<\/a> shall apply to the considerations of this commission, mutatis mutandis<\/span>.\n\t\tTo distinguish the planning commission authorized by this section from planning commissions required by \u00a7 15.2-2210<\/a>, the commission established hereunder shall have the words “Chesapeake Bay Preservation” in its title.\n\t\tThe governing body<\/span> of a city<\/span> that establishes a commission pursuant to this section, in its sole discretion by ordinance<\/span>, may abolish the duplicate planning commission.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDUPLICATE PLANNING COMMISSION AUTHORIZED FOR CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (\u00a7\n15.2-2220)\n\nThe Cities of Chesapeake and Hampton may by ordinance establish a duplicate\nplanning commission solely for the purpose of considering matters arising from\nthe provisions of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (\u00a7 62.1-44.15:67 et\nseq.). Sections 15.2-2210 through 15.2-2222 shall apply to the commission,\nmutatis mutandis.\n\t\tThe procedure, timing requirements and appeal to the circuit court set forth\nin \u00a7\u00a7 15.2-2258 through 15.2-2261 shall apply to the considerations of this\ncommission, mutatis mutandis.\n\t\tTo distinguish the planning commission authorized by this section from\nplanning commissions required by \u00a7 15.2-2210, the commission established\nhereunder shall have the words “Chesapeake Bay Preservation” in its\ntitle.\n\t\tThe governing body of a city that establishes a commission pursuant to this\nsection, in its sole discretion by ordinance, may abolish the duplicate planning\ncommission.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 738, \u00a7 15.1-502.1; 1997, c. 587; 2007, c. 813.","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}}