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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61768</law_id><section_number>15.2-2251</section_number><catch_line>Local planning commission shall prepare and recommend ordinance; notice and hearing on ordinance</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="6">Land Subdivision and Development</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In every <span class="dictionary">locality</span> the <span class="dictionary">local planning commission</span> shall prepare and recommend the subdivision <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> and transmit it to the <span class="dictionary">governing body</span>. The <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> of every <span class="dictionary">locality</span> shall approve and adopt a subdivision <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> only after notice has been published, and a public <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> held, in accordance with &#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>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 15-782, 15-967.5; 1962, c. 407, &#xA7; 15.1-470; 1975, c. 641; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
