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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67362</law_id><section_number>15.2-2234</section_number><catch_line>Adoption; filing in office of clerk of court</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2235</reference></referred_to_by><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="4">The Official Map</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>After the <span class="dictionary">official map</span> has been prepared and recommended by the <span class="dictionary">local planning commission</span> it shall be certified by the commission to the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>. The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> may then approve and adopt the map by a majority vote of its membership and publish it as the <span class="dictionary">official map</span> of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>. No <span class="dictionary">official map</span> shall be adopted by the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> or have any effect until approved by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> duly passed by the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> after a public <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, preceded by public notice as required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Advertisement of plans, ordinances, etc.; joint public hearings; written notice of certain amendments" href="/15.2-2204/">15.2-2204</a>.
		Within thirty days after adoption of the <span class="dictionary">official map</span> the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> shall cause it to be filed in the office of the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-965.1; 1962, c. 407, &#xA7; 15.1-459; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
