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For the purpose of this subsection, “business or financial relationship” means any relationship (other than any ordinary customer or depositor relationship with a retail establishment, public utility or bank) such member, or any member of the member’s immediate household, either directly or by way of a partnership in which any of them is a partner, employee, agent or attorney, or through a partner of any of them, or through a corporation in which any of them is an officer, director, employee, agent or attorney or holds 10 percent or more of the outstanding bonds or shares of stock of a particular class, has, or has had within the 12-month period prior to such hearing, with the applicant in the case, or with the title owner, contract purchaser or lessee of the subject land, except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or with any of the other persons above specified. For the purpose of this subsection “business or financial relationship” also means the receipt by the member, or by any person, firm, corporation or committee in his behalf from the applicant in the case or from the title owner, contract purchaser or lessee of the subject land, except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or from any of the other persons above specified, during the 12-month period prior to the hearing in such case, of any gift or donation having a value of more than $100, singularly or in the aggregate.\n\t\t\tIf at the time of the hearing in any such case such member has a relationship of employee-employer, agent-principal, or attorney-client with the applicant in the case or with the title owner, contract purchaser or lessee of the subject land except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or with any of the other persons above specified, that member shall, prior to any hearing on the matter or at such hearing, make a full public disclosure of such employee-employer, agent-principal, or attorney-client relationship and shall be ineligible to vote or participate in any way in such case or in any hearing thereon.B\n\nIn any case described in subsection A pending before the board of supervisors, planning commission or board of zoning appeals, the applicant in the case shall, prior to any hearing on the matter, file with the board or commission a statement in writing and under oath identifying by name and last known address each person, corporation, partnership or other association specified in the first paragraph of subsection A. The requirements of this section shall be applicable only with respect to those so identified.C\n\nAny person knowingly and willfully violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":256417,"text":"Each individual member of the board of supervisors, the planning commission, and the board of zoning appeals in any proceeding before each such body involving an application for a special exception or variance or involving an application for amendment of a zoning ordinance map, which does not constitute the adoption of a comprehensive zoning plan, an ordinance applicable throughout the county, or an application filed by the board of supervisors that involves more than 10 parcels that are owned by different individuals, trusts, corporations, or other entities, shall, prior to any hearing on the matter or at such hearing, make a full public disclosure of any business or financial relationship which such member has, or has had within the 12-month period prior to such hearing, (i) with the applicant in such case, or (ii) with the title owner, contract purchaser or lessee of the land that is the subject of the application, except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or (iii) if any of the foregoing is a trustee (other than a trustee under a corporate mortgage or deed of trust securing one or more issues of corporate mortgage bonds), with any trust beneficiary having an interest in such land, or (iv) with the agent, attorney or real estate broker of any of the foregoing. For the purpose of this subsection, “business or financial relationship” means any relationship (other than any ordinary customer or depositor relationship with a retail establishment, public utility or bank) such member, or any member of the member’s immediate household, either directly or by way of a partnership in which any of them is a partner, employee, agent or attorney, or through a partner of any of them, or through a corporation in which any of them is an officer, director, employee, agent or attorney or holds 10 percent or more of the outstanding bonds or shares of stock of a particular class, has, or has had within the 12-month period prior to such hearing, with the applicant in the case, or with the title owner, contract purchaser or lessee of the subject land, except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or with any of the other persons above specified. For the purpose of this subsection “business or financial relationship” also means the receipt by the member, or by any person, firm, corporation or committee in his behalf from the applicant in the case or from the title owner, contract purchaser or lessee of the subject land, except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or from any of the other persons above specified, during the 12-month period prior to the hearing in such case, of any gift or donation having a value of more than $100, singularly or in the aggregate.\n\t\t\tIf at the time of the hearing in any such case such member has a relationship of employee-employer, agent-principal, or attorney-client with the applicant in the case or with the title owner, contract purchaser or lessee of the subject land except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or with any of the other persons above specified, that member shall, prior to any hearing on the matter or at such hearing, make a full public disclosure of such employee-employer, agent-principal, or attorney-client relationship and shall be ineligible to vote or participate in any way in such case or in any hearing thereon.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":256418,"text":"In any case described in subsection A pending before the board of supervisors, planning commission or board of zoning appeals, the applicant in the case shall, prior to any hearing on the matter, file with the board or commission a statement in writing and under oath identifying by name and last known address each person, corporation, partnership or other association specified in the first paragraph of subsection A. 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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 774 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 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1970, chapter 654; in 1988, chapter 879; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2004, chapters 498<\/a> and 552<\/a>; in 2006, chapters 9<\/a>, 287<\/a>, and 317<\/a>; in 2014, chapter 743<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":69547,"section_number":"15.2-1529","catch_line":"Amount of bond of treasurer or director of finance of counties","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1529\/"},{"id":71618,"section_number":"2.2-3100","catch_line":"Policy; application; construction","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3100\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":152335,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71120,"identifier":"15.2-852","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-852","url":"\/15.2-852\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-852\/","token":"15.2\/I\/8\/2\/15.2-852","dublin_core":{"Title":"Disclosures in land use proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-852","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Each individual member of the board of supervisors<\/span>, the planning commission, and the board of zoning appeals<\/span> in any proceeding before each such body involving an application for a special exception or variance or involving an application for amendment of a zoning ordinance<\/span> map, which does not constitute the adoption of a comprehensive zoning plan, an ordinance<\/span> applicable throughout the county<\/span>, or an application filed by the board of supervisors<\/span> that involves more than 10 parcels that are owned by different individuals, trusts, corporations, or other entities, shall, prior to any hearing<\/span> on the matter or at such hearing<\/span>, make a full public disclosure of any business or financial relationship<\/span> which such member has, or has had within the 12-month period prior to such hearing<\/span>, (i) with the applicant in such case, or (ii) with the title owner, contract<\/span> purchaser or lessee of the land that is the subject of the application, except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract<\/span> purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or (iii) if any of the foregoing is a trustee (other than a trustee under a corporate mortgage or deed of trust securing one or more issues<\/span> of corporate mortgage bonds<\/span>), with any trust beneficiary having an interest in such land, or (iv) with the agent, attorney or real estate broker of any of the foregoing. For the purpose of this subsection, “business or financial relationship<\/span>” means any relationship (other than any ordinary customer or depositor relationship with a retail establishment, public utility or bank) such member, or any member of the member’s immediate household, either directly or by way of a partnership in which any of them is a partner, employee, agent or attorney, or through a partner of any of them, or through a corporation in which any of them is an officer, director, employee, agent or attorney or holds 10 percent or more of the outstanding bonds<\/span> or shares of stock of a particular class, has, or has had within the 12-month period prior to such hearing<\/span>, with the applicant in the case, or with the title owner, contract<\/span> purchaser or lessee of the subject land, except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract<\/span> purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or with any of the other persons above specified. For the purpose of this subsection “business or financial relationship<\/span>” also means the receipt by the member, or by any person, firm, corporation or committee in his behalf from the applicant in the case or from the title owner, contract<\/span> purchaser or lessee of the subject land, except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract<\/span> purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or from any of the other persons above specified, during the 12-month period prior to the hearing<\/span> in such case, of any gift or donation having a value of more than $100, singularly or in the aggregate.\n\t\t\tIf at the time of the hearing<\/span> in any such case such member has a relationship of employee-employer, agent-principal, or attorney-client with the applicant in the case or with the title owner, contract<\/span> purchaser or lessee of the subject land except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract<\/span> purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or with any of the other persons above specified, that member shall, prior to any hearing<\/span> on the matter or at such hearing<\/span>, make a full public disclosure of such employee-employer, agent-principal, or attorney-client relationship and shall be ineligible to vote or participate in any way in such case or in any hearing<\/span> thereon. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In any case described in subsection A pending before the board of supervisors<\/span>, planning commission or board of zoning appeals<\/span>, the applicant in the case shall, prior to any hearing<\/span> on the matter, file with the board or commission a statement in writing and under oath<\/span> identifying by name and last known address each person, corporation, partnership or other association specified in the first paragraph of subsection A. The requirements of this section shall be applicable only with respect to those so identified. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any person knowingly and willfully violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISCLOSURES IN LAND USE PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 15.2-852)\n\nA. Each individual member of the board of supervisors, the planning commission,\nand the board of zoning appeals in any proceeding before each such body\ninvolving an application for a special exception or variance or involving an\napplication for amendment of a zoning ordinance map, which does not constitute\nthe adoption of a comprehensive zoning plan, an ordinance applicable throughout\nthe county, or an application filed by the board of supervisors that involves\nmore than 10 parcels that are owned by different individuals, trusts,\ncorporations, or other entities, shall, prior to any hearing on the matter or at\nsuch hearing, make a full public disclosure of any business or financial\nrelationship which such member has, or has had within the 12-month period prior\nto such hearing, (i) with the applicant in such case, or (ii) with the title\nowner, contract purchaser or lessee of the land that is the subject of the\napplication, except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner,\ncontract purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or\n(iii) if any of the foregoing is a trustee (other than a trustee under a\ncorporate mortgage or deed of trust securing one or more issues of corporate\nmortgage bonds), with any trust beneficiary having an interest in such land, or\n(iv) with the agent, attorney or real estate broker of any of the foregoing. For\nthe purpose of this subsection, “business or financial relationship”\nmeans any relationship (other than any ordinary customer or depositor\nrelationship with a retail establishment, public utility or bank) such member,\nor any member of the member’s immediate household, either directly or by\nway of a partnership in which any of them is a partner, employee, agent or\nattorney, or through a partner of any of them, or through a corporation in which\nany of them is an officer, director, employee, agent or attorney or holds 10\npercent or more of the outstanding bonds or shares of stock of a particular\nclass, has, or has had within the 12-month period prior to such hearing, with\nthe applicant in the case, or with the title owner, contract purchaser or lessee\nof the subject land, except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner,\ncontract purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or\nwith any of the other persons above specified. For the purpose of this\nsubsection “business or financial relationship” also means the\nreceipt by the member, or by any person, firm, corporation or committee in his\nbehalf from the applicant in the case or from the title owner, contract\npurchaser or lessee of the subject land, except, in the case of a condominium,\nwith the title owner, contract purchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units\nin the condominium, or from any of the other persons above specified, during the\n12-month period prior to the hearing in such case, of any gift or donation\nhaving a value of more than $100, singularly or in the aggregate.\n\t\t\tIf at the time of the hearing in any such case such member has a relationship\nof employee-employer, agent-principal, or attorney-client with the applicant in\nthe case or with the title owner, contract purchaser or lessee of the subject\nland except, in the case of a condominium, with the title owner, contract\npurchaser, or lessee of 10% or more of the units in the condominium, or with any\nof the other persons above specified, that member shall, prior to any hearing on\nthe matter or at such hearing, make a full public disclosure of such\nemployee-employer, agent-principal, or attorney-client relationship and shall be\nineligible to vote or participate in any way in such case or in any hearing\nthereon.\n\nB. In any case described in subsection A pending before the board of\nsupervisors, planning commission or board of zoning appeals, the applicant in\nthe case shall, prior to any hearing on the matter, file with the board or\ncommission a statement in writing and under oath identifying by name and last\nknown address each person, corporation, partnership or other association\nspecified in the first paragraph of subsection A. The requirements of this\nsection shall be applicable only with respect to those so identified.\n\nC. Any person knowingly and willfully violating the provisions of this section\nshall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 774, \u00a7 15.1-73.4; 1970, c. 654; 1988, c. 879; 1997, c. 587;\n2004, cc. 498, 552; 2006, cc. 9, 287, 317; 2014, c. 743.","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}}