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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63989</law_id><section_number>15.2-2203</section_number><catch_line>Existing planning commissions and boards of zoning appeals; validation of plans previously adopted</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Upon the effective date of this chapter, planning commissions, by whatever name designated, and boards of <span class="dictionary">zoning</span> <span class="dictionary">appeals</span> heretofore established shall continue to operate as though created under the terms of this chapter. All actions lawfully taken by such commissions and boards are hereby validated and continued in effect until amended or repealed in accordance with this chapter.
		The adoption of a comprehensive or master plan or any general <span class="dictionary">development</span> plans under the authority of prior acts is hereby validated and shall continue in effect until amended under the provisions of this chapter.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-961.2; 1962, c. 407, &#xA7; 15.1-429; 1975, c. 641; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
