Planning Department Work Program

Project Updates
15.2-2232 Reviews

Under the Code of Virginia, §15.2-2232(A), the Montgomery County Planning Commission is charged with determining whether a proposed public landuse is in compliance with the County's Comprehensive Plan:

A. Whenever a local planning commission recommends a comprehensive plan or part thereof for the locality and such plan has been approved and adopted by the governing body, it shall control the general or approximate location, character and extent of each feature shown on the plan. Thereafter, unless a feature is already shown on the adopted master plan or part thereof or is deemed so under subsection D, no street or connection to an existing street, park or other public area, public building or public structure, public utility facility or public service corporation facility other than railroad facility, whether publicly or privately owned, shall be constructed, established or authorized, unless and until the general location or approximate location, character, and extent thereof has been submitted to and approved by the commission as being substantially in accord with the adopted comprehensive plan or part thereof. In connection with any such determination, the commission may, and at the direction of the governing body shall, hold a public hearing, after notice as required by § 15.2-2204.

A number of 2232 reviews have been conducted since 1998 and are considered "minor" projects under the work program scheme for the Montgomery County Planning Department.