<?xml version="1.0"?>
<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>347952</law_id><section_number>15.2-2316.5</section_number><catch_line>Moratorium prohibited</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="7.2">Zoning for Wireless Communications Infrastructure</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">locality</span> shall not adopt a moratorium on considering <span class="dictionary">zoning</span> applications submitted by <span class="dictionary">wireless services providers</span> or <span class="dictionary">wireless infrastructure providers</span>.</p></section></text><history>2017, c. 835.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
