CHAPTER 318

AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 15-824 and 15-825 of the Code
of 1950, relating to appointment of zoning commissions and
boards of zoning appeals.

[ H 573 ]

Approved April 4, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

That §§ 15-824 and 15-825 of the Code of 1950 be amended
and reenacted as follows:

§ 15-824. Zoning commission.—In order to avail itself of
the powers conferred by this article the hustings or corporation
court of any city or, if it has no such court, then the circuit
court having jurisdiction in such city and the circuit court of
any county wherein a town or any part thereof may be located
shall appoint a commission to be known as the zoning commis-
sion to recommend the boundaries of the various original dis-
tricts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein. Such
commission shall submit its final report and such council shall
not hold its public hearings or take action until it has received
the final report of such commission. When a city planning com-
mission already exists, it may be appointed as the zoning com-
mission. In heu of appointing a zoning commission for a town
as provided in this section, the council of such town may if it
so desires request the board of supervisors of the county in
which the town is located to instruct the county zoning commis-
sion to serve also as the zoning commission for such town; and
if the board of supervisors is agreeable to such request it may
so instruct its county zoning commission; in which case the
county zoning commission shall also serve as the zoning com-
mission of such town. In the performance of tts duties as the
zoning commission of such town it shall be governed by the pro-
visions of this article.

§ 15-825. Board of zoning appeals.—Such local hustings
or corporation court of a city or, if it has no such court, then
the circuit court having jurisdiction in such city and the circuit
court of the county wherein a town or any part thereof may be
located may provide for the appointment of a board of zoning
appeals and in the regulations and restrictions adopted pur-
suant to the authority of this article may provide that the board
of zoning appeals may, in appropriate cases and subject to
appropriate conditions and safeguards, vary the application of
the terms of the ordinance in harmony with its general purpose
and intent and in accordance with general or specific rules
therein contained. In lieu of appointing a board of zoning
appeals for a town as provided in this section, the council of such
town may if it so desires request the board of supervisors of the
county in which the town is located to instruct the county board
of zoning appeals to serve also as the board of zoning appeals
for such town; and if the board of supervisors is agreeable to
such request it may so instruct its county board of zoning
appeals; in which case the county board of zoning appeals shall
serve as the board of zoning appeals of such town. In the per-
formance of its duties as the board of zoning appeals of such
town it shall be governed by the provisions of this article.

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