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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76481</law_id><section_number>15.2-2293.1</section_number><catch_line>Placement of amateur radio antennas</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="7">Zoning</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> involving the placement, screening or height of antennas shall reasonably accommodate amateur radio antennas and shall impose the minimum regulation necessary to accomplish the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>&#x2019;s legitimate purpose. In localities having a population density of 120 persons or less per square mile according to the 1990 United States census, no local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> shall (i) restrict amateur radio antenna height to less than 200 feet above ground level as permitted by the Federal Communications Commission or (ii) restrict the number of support structures. In localities having a population density of more than 120 persons per square mile according to the 1990 United States census, no local <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> shall (i) restrict amateur radio antenna height to less than 75 feet above ground level or (ii) restrict the number of support structures. Reasonable and customary engineering practices shall be followed in the erection of amateur radio antennas. This section shall not preclude any <span class="dictionary">locality</span>, by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span>, from regulating amateur radio antennas with regard to reasonable requirements relating to the use of screening, setback, placement, and health and safety requirements.</p></section></text><history>1998, c. 642.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
