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The commission shall take action on the proposed additions or modifications within sixty days and report its recommendations to the governing body.\n\t\tUpon receipt of the report of the commission, the governing body shall hold a public hearing on the proposed addition or modification to the official map and shall give notice of the hearing in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-2204. All such reports of the commission, when delivered to the governing body, shall be available for public inspection.\n\t\tAny ordinance embodying additions to or modifications of the official map shall be adopted by at least the vote required for original adoption of the official map. After the public hearing and the final passage of such ordinance, the additions or modifications shall become a part of the official map of the locality. All changes, additions or modifications of the official map shall be filed with the clerk of the court as provided in \u00a7 15.2-2234.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":307330,"text":"The governing body may by ordinance make, from time to time, other additions to or modifications of the official map by placing thereon the location of any proposed street, street widening, street vacation, waterway, impounding structures and their dam break inundation zones, or public area in accordance with the procedures applicable to the locality.\n\t\tPrior to making any such additions or modifications to the official map, the governing body shall refer the additions or modifications to the local planning commission for its consideration. The commission shall take action on the proposed additions or modifications within sixty days and report its recommendations to the governing body.\n\t\tUpon receipt of the report of the commission, the governing body shall hold a public hearing on the proposed addition or modification to the official map and shall give notice of the hearing in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-2204. All such reports of the commission, when delivered to the governing body, shall be available for public inspection.\n\t\tAny ordinance embodying additions to or modifications of the official map shall be adopted by at least the vote required for original adoption of the official map. After the public hearing and the final passage of such ordinance, the additions or modifications shall become a part of the official map of the locality. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1962, chapter 407; in 1988, chapter 436; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2008, chapter 491<\/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\/"},{"id":67362,"section_number":"15.2-2234","catch_line":"Adoption; filing in office of clerk of court","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2234\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155001,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85818,"identifier":"15.2-2235","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/4\/15.2-2235","url":"\/15.2-2235\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2235\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/4\/15.2-2235","dublin_core":{"Title":"Additions and modifications","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2235","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> may by ordinance<\/span> make, from time to time, other additions to or modifications of the official map<\/span> by placing thereon the location of any proposed street<\/span>, street<\/span> widening, street<\/span> vacation, waterway, impounding structures and their dam break inundation zones, or public area in accordance with the procedures applicable to the locality<\/span>.\n\t\tPrior to making any such additions or modifications to the official map<\/span>, the governing body<\/span> shall refer the additions or modifications to the local planning commission<\/span> for its consideration. The commission shall take action on the proposed additions or modifications within sixty days and report its recommendations to the governing body<\/span>.\n\t\tUpon receipt of the report of the commission, the governing body<\/span> shall hold a public hearing<\/span> on the proposed addition or modification to the official map<\/span> and shall give notice of the hearing<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-2204<\/a>. All such reports of the commission, when delivered to the governing body<\/span>, shall be available for public inspection.\n\t\tAny ordinance<\/span> embodying additions to or modifications of the official map<\/span> shall be adopted by at least the vote required for original adoption of the official map<\/span>. After the public hearing<\/span> and the final passage of such ordinance<\/span>, the additions or modifications shall become a part of the official map<\/span> of the locality<\/span>. All changes, additions or modifications of the official map<\/span> shall be filed with the clerk of the court<\/span> as provided in \u00a7 15.2-2234<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADDITIONS AND MODIFICATIONS (\u00a7 15.2-2235)\n\nThe governing body may by ordinance make, from time to time, other additions to\nor modifications of the official map by placing thereon the location of any\nproposed street, street widening, street vacation, waterway, impounding\nstructures and their dam break inundation zones, or public area in accordance\nwith the procedures applicable to the locality.\n\t\tPrior to making any such additions or modifications to the official map, the\ngoverning body shall refer the additions or modifications to the local planning\ncommission for its consideration. The commission shall take action on the\nproposed additions or modifications within sixty days and report its\nrecommendations to the governing body.\n\t\tUpon receipt of the report of the commission, the governing body shall hold a\npublic hearing on the proposed addition or modification to the official map and\nshall give notice of the hearing in accordance with \u00a7 15.2-2204. All such\nreports of the commission, when delivered to the governing body, shall be\navailable for public inspection.\n\t\tAny ordinance embodying additions to or modifications of the official map\nshall be adopted by at least the vote required for original adoption of the\nofficial map. After the public hearing and the final passage of such ordinance,\nthe additions or modifications shall become a part of the official map of the\nlocality. All changes, additions or modifications of the official map shall be\nfiled with the clerk of the court as provided in \u00a7 15.2-2234.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-965.2; 1962, c. 407, \u00a7 15.1-460; 1988, c. 436; 1997,\nc. 587; 2008, c. 491.","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}}