{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-2251","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 15.2-2251","heading":"Local planning commission shall prepare and recommend ordinance; notice and hearing on ordinance","body":"In every locality the local planning commission shall prepare and recommend the subdivision ordinance and transmit it to the governing body. The governing body of every locality shall approve and adopt a subdivision ordinance only after notice has been published, and a public hearing held, in accordance with § 15.2-2204.Code 1950, §§ 15-782, 15-967.5; 1962, c. 407, § 15.1-470; 1975, c. 641; 1997, c. 587.","path":["Title 15.2. COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS","Subtitle II. POWERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","Chapter 22. PLANNING, SUBDIVISION OF LAND AND ZONING","Article 6. LAND SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/15.2-2251/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:19Z","sha256":"acfb2e865a9c56051970d9b56ee379ab1bdd34fd8ee62b28a639acf63844b416","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-2250","next":"us-va/va.-code-15.2-2252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}