CHAPTER 528

An Act to amend and reenact § 15.1-456 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the legal status of comprehensive plans recommended by local
planning commissions.

[H 565]

Approved March 31, 1964

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.1-456 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 15.1-456. Whenever the local commission shall have recommended
a comprehensive plan or part thereof for the county or municipality and
such plan shall have 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 no street, park or other
public area, public building or public structure, * public utility or public
service corporation other than railroads, whether publicly or privately
owned, shall be constructed, established or authorized, unless and until the
general location, character, and extent thereof has been submitted to and
approved by the local commission; provided, that in case of disapproval,
the commission shall communicate its reasons for disapproval in writing
to the governing body, which may overrule the action of the commission
by a vote of a majority of the membership thereof; and provided that the
failure of the commission to act within sixty days of such submission,
unless such time be extended by the governing body, shall be deemed ap-
proval. Widening, narrowing, extension, enlargement, vacation or change
of use of streets or public areas shall likewise be submitted for approval,
but paving, repair, reconstruction, improvement, drainage or similar work
and normal service extensions of public utilities or public service corpora-
tions shall not require approval unless involving a change in location or
extent of a street or public area.