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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>347911</law_id><section_number>15.2-2293</section_number><catch_line>Airspace subject to zoning ordinances</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="15" identifier="22">Planning, Subdivision of Land and Zoning</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="7" identifier="7">Zoning</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">zoning</span> <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> shall be applicable to the superjacent airspace of any nonpublic-owned land area. <a id="paragraph-1297603" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2293/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Airspace superjacent or subjacent to any public highway, <span class="dictionary">street</span>, lane, alley or other way in this Commonwealth not required for the purpose of travel, or other public use, by the Commonwealth or other political <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> owning it, shall be subject to the <span class="dictionary">zoning</span> <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> of the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> in which the airspace is located. <a id="paragraph-1297604" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2293/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Airspace not provided for in subsection B herein that is superjacent to any land owned by the Commonwealth or other political <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> and occupied by a nonpolitical entity or person shall be subject to the <span class="dictionary">zoning</span> <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> that would be applicable if the land were owned by a private person. <a id="paragraph-1297605" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2293/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1979, c. 431, &#xA7; 15.1-491.01; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
