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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 623 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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":156567,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64966,"identifier":"15.2-929","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/2\/15.2-929","url":"\/15.2-929\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-929\/","token":"15.2\/II\/9\/2\/15.2-929","dublin_core":{"Title":"Solid waste management facility siting approval","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-929","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any locality<\/span> may enact an ordinance<\/span> regulating the siting of solid waste management facilities within its boundaries. The ordinance<\/span> shall prescribe the criteria, form of application, and procedure, which shall include a public hearing<\/span>, for siting approval. In establishing the criteria, the locality<\/span> shall consider the potential effect of the siting of a solid waste management facility on the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the locality<\/span>. Any person desiring to site a solid waste management facility within the boundaries of any locality<\/span> which has adopted an ordinance<\/span> pursuant to this section shall file its application with the governing body<\/span> of the locality<\/span>. Within 120 days of the receipt of an application which complies with the provisions of the ordinance<\/span>, the governing body<\/span> shall grant or deny siting approval. Failure to act within 120 days shall constitute a granting of siting approval. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Whenever any governing body<\/span> denies siting approval, the applicant shall be entitled to appeal<\/span> such decision to the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> denying siting approval. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any person who has already been issued a permit to operate a solid waste management facility by the Department of Environmental Quality or has received zoning or other land use approval for the siting of the facility, prior to July 1, 1989, shall not be required to obtain siting approval for such solid waste management facility pursuant to the provisions of this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY SITING APPROVAL (\u00a7 15.2-929)\n\nA. Any locality may enact an ordinance regulating the siting of solid waste\nmanagement facilities within its boundaries. The ordinance shall prescribe the\ncriteria, form of application, and procedure, which shall include a public\nhearing, for siting approval. In establishing the criteria, the locality shall\nconsider the potential effect of the siting of a solid waste management facility\non the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the locality. Any person\ndesiring to site a solid waste management facility within the boundaries of any\nlocality which has adopted an ordinance pursuant to this section shall file its\napplication with the governing body of the locality. Within 120 days of the\nreceipt of an application which complies with the provisions of the ordinance,\nthe governing body shall grant or deny siting approval. Failure to act within\n120 days shall constitute a granting of siting approval.\n\nB. Whenever any governing body denies siting approval, the applicant shall be\nentitled to appeal such decision to the circuit court of the jurisdiction\ndenying siting approval.\n\nC. Any person who has already been issued a permit to operate a solid waste\nmanagement facility by the Department of Environmental Quality or has received\nzoning or other land use approval for the siting of the facility, prior to July\n1, 1989, shall not be required to obtain siting approval for such solid waste\nmanagement facility pursuant to the provisions of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-11.02; 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}}