Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-2280

Section 15.2-2280 authorizes local governments to regulate structures’ size, height, bulk, and related physical characteristics, including when evaluating a tower’s design.

USCOC of Virginia RSA 3, Inc. v. Montgomery County Board of Supervisors · filed 2003-10-09

It is sufficient to say that Virginia law provides, in a statute not at issue in Rowe, that local governments may regulate the "size, height, area, bulk, location, erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, maintenance, razing, or removal of structures." Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-2280 (emphasis added). No matter what zoning practices are actually prohibited because of an undue emphasis on aesthetic values, Virginia law specifically authorizes the consideration of factors such as size, height, and bulk. The Board's consideration of the height of the proposed tower, therefore, is proper. In addition, the Board's consideration of the more visually intrusive lattice design, which implicates the size and bulk of the proposed tower, is also proper. Because the consideration of these factors is authorized by Virginia law, the district court erred in concluding that the Board engaged in an invalid zoning practice.

Section 15.2-2280 permits a locality to require houses in residential districts to be oriented so their front or main facades face the street.

Curzio Construction, Inc. v. Zoning Appeals Board · filed 2003-11-15

The Town Council had the authority to enact Town Zoning Ordinance §§ 175-15(C) and 17548(A). Virginia Code § 15.2-2280 provides that a locality, in its zoning ordinance: ... The Town could require houses on lots in residential districts to be oriented on the lot so that the front or main facade faced the street.

Section 15.2-2280 authorizes localities to regulate building height through zoning ordinances.

Owens v. City Council of Norfolk · filed 2008-03-07(2)

In Va. Code § 15.2-2280, the General Assembly granted political subdivisions authority to enact zoning ordinances dividing territory into specific districts and regulating land use therein, including, specifically, height limitations.

Section 15.2-2280 authorizes a locality to regulate waterfront piers extending into a tidal tributary when the piers are within its jurisdiction.

Jennings v. BD. OF SUP'RS OF NORTHUMBERLAND · filed 2011-04-21

In Code § 15.2-2280, the General Assembly expressly granted localities the authority to zone "the territory under its jurisdiction." ... Thus, we hold that the circuit court did not err in concluding that the County's zoning authority "embrace[s]" the entirety of Jennings' proposed construction, even the portion that "extend[s] into the Chesapeake Bay['s] tidal tributaries," i.e., Cockrell's Creek.

Section 15.2-2280 authorizes localities to regulate land use through zoning ordinances, including limits on how long visitors may stay at campgrounds.

Staples v. Prince George County · filed 2010-11-02

To conclude this issue then, the Court finds that Ordinance 50-76 and Condition # 4 do not violate Dillon’s Rule, because the County has within its authority, pursuant to its police power and the power given unto it in Va. Code §§ 15.2-2280 and 15.2-2286(A)(3), the discretion to establish length-of-stay restrictions for visitors at local campgrounds.

Section 15.2-2280 authorizes localities to regulate land uses, building limits, lot areas, and excavation through zoning.

Madison v. Loudoun County Board of Supervisors · filed 2006-01-27

Localities may, through the power to zone, regulate, restrict, permit, prohibit, and determine land uses, building limitations, lot area restrictions, and excavation of natural resources. Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-2280.

Section 15.2-2280 gives localities zoning authority but does not give private parties a cause of action based solely on a zoning ordinance violation.

Fields v. Elkins · filed 2000-05-02

The zoning laws give authority to localities to regulate the use of property. Va. Code § 15.2-2280. The legislation provides a comprehensive scheme for this regulation, including civil penalties (§ 15.2-2209) as well as injunctive or other appropriate relief to abate or correct any violations (§ 15.2-2208). Nowhere in the legislative scheme can any language be found from which the Court could find a legislative intent to create a private cause of action to enjoin violations of the local zoning ordinances.

Section 15.2-2280 does not authorize a locality to delegate approval of departures from its zoning ordinance to a planning commission.

Sinclair v. NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC · filed 2012-01-13

The Defendants nevertheless argue that Code §§ 15.2-2280 and 15.2-2286 provide broad authority to localities for the administration and enforcement of zoning ordinances. They assert that the county’s delegation to the planning commission is consistent with this broad authority. We disagree. ... It has not, however, authorized local governing bodies to delegate to planning commissions approval of departures from zoning ordinances or any other powers to administer or enforce an existing zoning ordinance.