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The ordinance may be adopted regardless of whether the local governing body has adopted a zoning ordinance applicable to other land uses in the locality. The ordinance may be designed and adopted by the locality as an overlay zone superimposed on any preexisting base zone.\n\t\tThe provisions of the airport safety zoning ordinance shall be in compliance with the rules of the Virginia Aviation Board.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":294668,"text":"Every locality (i) in whose jurisdiction a licensed airport or United States government or military air facility is located or (ii) over whose jurisdiction the approach slopes and other safety zones of a licensed airport, including United States government or military air facility extend shall, by ordinance, provide for the regulation of the height of structures and natural growth for the purpose of protecting the safety of air navigation and the public investment in air navigation facilities. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 447 and 449 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 1989 \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 1990, chapter 384; in 1997, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?971+ful+CHAP0587\">587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":155343,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82226,"identifier":"15.2-2294","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/7\/15.2-2294","url":"\/15.2-2294\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2294\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/7\/15.2-2294","dublin_core":{"Title":"Airport safety zoning","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2294","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> (i) in whose <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> a licensed airport or United States government or military air facility is located or (ii) over whose <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> the approach slopes and other safety zones of a licensed airport, including United States government or military air facility extend shall, by <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span>, provide for the regulation of the height of structures and natural growth for the purpose of protecting the safety of air navigation and the public investment in air navigation facilities. The <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> may be adopted regardless of whether the local <span class=\"dictionary\">governing body<\/span> has adopted a <span class=\"dictionary\">zoning<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> applicable to other land uses in the <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> may be designed and adopted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">locality<\/span> as an overlay zone superimposed on any preexisting base zone.\n\t\tThe provisions of the airport safety <span class=\"dictionary\">zoning<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">ordinance<\/span> shall be in compliance with the rules of the Virginia Aviation Board.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAIRPORT SAFETY ZONING (\u00a7 15.2-2294)\n\nEvery locality (i) in whose jurisdiction a licensed airport or United States\ngovernment or military air facility is located or (ii) over whose jurisdiction\nthe approach slopes and other safety zones of a licensed airport, including\nUnited States government or military air facility extend shall, by ordinance,\nprovide for the regulation of the height of structures and natural growth for\nthe purpose of protecting the safety of air navigation and the public investment\nin air navigation facilities. The ordinance may be adopted regardless of whether\nthe local governing body has adopted a zoning ordinance applicable to other land\nuses in the locality. The ordinance may be designed and adopted by the locality\nas an overlay zone superimposed on any preexisting base zone.\n\t\tThe provisions of the airport safety zoning ordinance shall be in compliance\nwith the rules of the Virginia Aviation Board.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, cc. 447, 449, \u00a7 15.1-491.02; 1990, c. 384; 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}}