                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPLICATION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS BEYOND CORPORATE LIMITS
OF MUNICIPALITY (§ 15.2-2248)

The subdivision regulations adopted by a municipality within the counties of
Giles, Clarke, Culpeper, Loudoun or Mecklenburg shall apply within the corporate
limits and may apply beyond, if the municipal ordinance so provides, within the
distance therefrom set out below:

1. Within a distance of five miles from the corporate limits of cities having a
population of one hundred thousand or more;

2. Within a distance of three miles from the corporate limits of cities having a
population of less than one hundred thousand; and

3. Within a distance of two miles from the corporate limits of incorporated
towns.
			Where the corporate limits of two municipalities are closer together than the
sum of the distances from their respective corporate limits as above set forth,
the dividing line of jurisdiction shall be halfway between the limits of the
overlapping boundaries.			The foregoing distances may be modified by mutual
agreement between the governing bodies concerned, depending upon their
respective areas of interest, provided such modified limits bear a reasonable
relationship to natural geographic considerations or to the comprehensive plans
for the area. Any such modification shall be set forth in the respective
subdivision ordinances, by map or description or both.			No such regulations or
amendments thereto shall be finally adopted by any such municipality until the
governing body of the county in which such area is located shall have been duly
notified in writing by the governing body of the municipality or its designated
agent of such proposed regulations, and requested to review and approve or
disapprove the same; and if such county fail to notify the governing body of
such municipality of its disapproval of such plan within forty-five days after
the giving of such notice, such plan shall be considered approved. Provided,
however, that in any county which has a duly appointed planning commission, the
governing body or the council shall send a copy of such proposed regulations or
amendments thereof to such commission which shall review and recommend approval
or disapproval of the same. The county commission shall not take any such action
until notice has been given and a hearing held as prescribed by &#xA7;
15.2-2204. Such hearing shall be held by the county commission within sixty days
after the giving of notice by the municipality or its agent. Such commission
shall forthwith after such hearing make its recommendations to the governing
body of the county which shall within thirty days after such hearing notify the
municipality of its approval or disapproval of such regulations and no
regulations effective beyond the corporate limits shall be finally adopted by
the municipality until notification by the governing body of the county, except
that if the county fails to notify the governing body of the municipality of its
disapproval of such regulations within ninety days after copy of the regulations
or amendments thereof are received by the county commission, the regulations
shall be deemed to have been approved.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 15-786, 15-967.2; 1954, c. 584; 1962, c. 407, §
15.1-467; 1975, c. 641; 1977, c. 524; 1979, c. 251; 1980, c. 47; 1997, c. 587.