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Zoning Amendment Chart

  Ordinance Number 1999-12, adopted December 13, 1999, repealed Ch. 10 in its entirety and enacted similar provisions. To maintain the alphanumeric style of this Code of Ordinances, sections have been renumbered and the original ordinance designations are carried in the history notes. Former Ch. 10 derived from the 1975 Code and additional ammendatory ordinances, the history of which can be found in the Code Comparative Table at the back of the County Code. CROSS-REFERENCES: Administration, Ch.2; animals, Ch. 3; licenses, permits and business regulations, Ch. 5; planning and development, Ch. 8; solid waste; planning commission §2-10; industrial development authority, §2-12; location of flea markets, §5-158; application of erosion and sediment control provisions, §8-811 et seq.; small-lot subdivisions in nonresidential zone, §8-173; street names, numbers for houses and lots, §8-200 et seq. STATE LAW REFERENCES: Codification of zoning ordinance, Code of Virginia, §15.1-37.3; zoning, Code of Virginia, §15.1-486 et seq.

Under §15.2-1433 of the Virginia State Code, localities (towns, cities, and counties) may make substantive changes in their zoning and subdivision ordinances only after the governing body for the locale has provided notice of the changes and held appropriate public hearings on the proposed changes:

  Any locality may codify or recodify any or all of its ordinances, in permanently bound or loose-leaf form. Such ordinances may be changed, altered or amended by the governing body, and ordinances or portions thereof may be deleted and new material may be added by the governing body. Such changes, alterations, amendments or deletions and such new material shall become effective on the effective date of the codification or recodification.

Ordinances relating to zoning and the subdivision of land may be included in any codification or recodification of ordinances; however, no change, alteration, amendment, deletion or addition of a substantive nature shall be made and no new material of a substantive nature shall be added to such ordinances unless, prior to the date of adoption of such codification or recodification, notice of such proposed changes, alterations, amendments, deletions or additions shall be published as required by the Code of Virginia and public hearings held thereon as provided by the Code of Virginia for adoption and amendment of zoning and subdivision ordinances. Renumbering or rearranging of sections, articles or other divisions of any such ordinance shall not be deemed to be a change, alteration or amendment of a substantive nature. (Section 15.2-1433, Virginia State Code)

Under the provisions in Section 15.2-1427, proper notice means that the county must publish a descriptive notice (description of the proposed changes) once per week for two successive weeks in a local newspaper prior to the passage of the changes in the ordinance. The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, the Planning Commission, and the Board of Zoning Appeal notices appear in the legal notices section (beginning portion of the Classified section) in both the Roanoke Times and in the News Messenger. If you have additional questions about the subject of a public hearing concerning planning, land use, or zoning, you can contact the Planning Department directly.

The Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Ordinance, and Comprehensive Plan Amendment Chart lists the changes in the two documents, dates of the public hearings, and decisions of the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors. Additional information on public hearings related to the three documents are available in the Planning Commission Archives.

Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Ordinance, and
Comprehensive Plan Amendment Chart

Document
Ordinance No.
Brief Description of Changes
Planning Commission
Board of Supervisors
Date Effective
Zoning Ord   Technical Revisions, including grammatical changes, renumbering, minor consistency changes throughout.   02/12/01 02/12/01
Zoning Ord 2001-08 Amended Sec(s) 10-21(4) and (5); 10-23(4); 10-25(5); 10-27(6); 10-28(3) and (4); 10-29(4), 10-30(4) and (5); 10-31(5); 10-33(6); 10-34(4); 10-35(6); 10-37(7); 10-39(4) and (5); 10-41(1), (9), and (17); 10-45(3); 10-46(9); 10-48(2) and (3); 10-53(1); 10-54(1); and 10-61.   06/11/01 06/11/01
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