§ 15.2-2220. Duplicate planning commission authorized for certain localgovernments.

The Cities of Chesapeake and Hampton may by ordinance establish a duplicateplanning commission solely for the purpose of considering matters arisingfrom the provisions of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (§ 10.1-2100 etseq.). Sections 15.2-2210 through 15.2-2222 shall apply to the commission,mutatis mutandis.

The procedure, timing requirements and appeal to the circuit court set forthin §§ 15.2-2258 through 15.2-2261 shall apply to the considerations of thiscommission, mutatis mutandis.

To distinguish the planning commission authorized by this section fromplanning commissions required by § 15.2-2210, the commission establishedhereunder shall have the words "Chesapeake Bay Preservation" in its title.

The governing body of a city that establishes a commission pursuant to thissection, in its sole discretion by ordinance, may abolish the duplicateplanning commission.

(1993, c. 738, § 15.1-502.1; 1997, c. 587; 2007, c. 813.)