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Commission moves to advertise code changes transferring administrative plan review to subdivision agent per new state law
Summary
Following recent state legislation, staff presented a draft code amendment to remove planning commission approval authority from the administrative review process for plats and site plans and to assign that authority to a designated subdivision agent; the commission voted to advertise the ordinance for August public hearing.
The planning commission on July 14 authorized advertisement of a zoning/text amendment (DTA 25‑07) to conform county code to changes enacted by the Virginia General Assembly that remove planning commission approval authority for administrative plat and plan reviews and assign that authority to a designated agent (the county’s subdivision agent).
Staff said the change follows two acts of the General Assembly (Senate Bill 974 and House Bill 2660) that, among other things, remove the planning commission from…
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