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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 485 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 3 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 1992, chapter 465; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 896<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":87087,"section_number":"15.2-2223.1","catch_line":"Comprehensive plan to include urban development areas","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2223.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155547,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62997,"identifier":"15.2-2320","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/8\/15.2-2320","url":"\/15.2-2320\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2320\/","token":"15.2\/II\/22\/8\/15.2-2320","dublin_core":{"Title":"Impact fee service areas to be established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2320","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The locality<\/span> shall delineate one or more impact fee service areas<\/span> within its comprehensive plan. Impact fees<\/span> collected from new development<\/span> within an impact fee service area<\/span> shall be expended for road improvements<\/span> benefiting that impact fee service area<\/span>. An impact fee service area<\/span> may encompass more than one road improvement<\/span> project. A locality<\/span> may exclude urban development<\/span> areas designated pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-2223.1<\/a> from impact fee service areas<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIMPACT FEE SERVICE AREAS TO BE ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 15.2-2320)\n\nThe locality shall delineate one or more impact fee service areas within its\ncomprehensive plan. Impact fees collected from new development within an impact\nfee service area shall be expended for road improvements benefiting that impact\nfee service area. An impact fee service area may encompass more than one road\nimprovement project. A locality may exclude urban development areas designated\npursuant to \u00a7 15.2-2223.1 from impact fee service areas.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 485, \u00a7 15.1-498.3; 1992, c. 465; 1997, c. 587; 2007, c. 896.","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}}