                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REMOVAL OF BILLBOARD SIGNS UNDER THIS CHAPTER PROHIBITED WITHOUT JUST
COMPENSATION (§ 33.2-1218)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no billboard sign subject to this
chapter may be removed by action of a county, city, or town under Chapter 22 (§
15.2-2200 et seq.) of Title 15.2 without the payment of just compensation by the
county, city, or town unless the billboard sign cannot remain on the property
due to the site constraints of the property and removal of the billboard sign is
therefore necessary for development on the property. The property owner may
terminate the leasehold or other right of the billboard sign to remain on the
property in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract between the
property owner and the billboard sign owner, but may not be required to do so by
the county, city, or town as a condition of obtaining development approval for
the property unless removal of the billboard sign is necessary for development
of the property or the billboard sign is nonconforming and is the principal use
on the property and the zoning ordinance permits only one principal use on the
property.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 569, § 33.1-370.1; 2014, c. 805.