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Board adopts text amendment allowing prepayment option for zoning civil penalties

6442560 · September 12, 2025
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Summary

Bedford County supervisors adopted amendments to the zoning ordinance enabling the zoning administrator or designee to accept prepayment of civil penalties, aligning local fines with the Code of Virginia and adding a prepayment option to resolve minor and continuous violations more efficiently.

The Bedford County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt a zoning text amendment that allows the zoning administrator or a designated staff member to accept prepayment of civil penalties before code cases are heard in court.

Jordan, a planning staff presenter, told the board the amendment (text amendment 25-0003) was initiated by the Board of Supervisors on July 28,…

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