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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73268</law_id><section_number>15.2-2231</section_number><catch_line>Inclusion of incorporated towns in county plan; inclusion of adjacent unincorporated territory in municipal plan</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="3">The Comprehensive Plan</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">county</span> plan may include planning of incorporated <span class="dictionary">towns</span> to the extent to which, in the <span class="dictionary">county</span> <span class="dictionary">local planning commission</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, it is related to planning of the unincorporated territory of the <span class="dictionary">county</span> as a whole. However, the plan shall not be considered as a comprehensive plan for any incorporated <span class="dictionary">town</span> unless recommended by the <span class="dictionary">town</span> commission, if any, and adopted by the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the <span class="dictionary">town</span>.
		Any municipal plan may include the planning of adjacent unincorporated territory to the extent to which, in the municipal <span class="dictionary">local planning commission</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, it is related to the planning of the incorporated territory of the municipality. However, the plan shall not be considered as a comprehensive plan for such unincorporated territory unless recommended by the <span class="dictionary">county</span> commission and approved and adopted by the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the <span class="dictionary">county</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 15-922, 15-964.9; 1962, c. 407, &#xA7; 15.1-455; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
