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- City of Emporia, Virginia
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14 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Appeal to BZA within30 days
Such appeal shall be taken within 30 days after the decision appealed from by filing with the administrator, and with the BZA, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof.
- Certificate of occupancy required
No person shall occupy or change the occupancy of a building or structure, or part thereof, hereafter created, erected, changed, converted, altered, or enlarged, wholly or partly, until a certificate of occupancy (COO) has been issued as provided in this Code and required by the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code.
- Maximum days after second publication for hearing21 days
The hearing shall be held not less than five days nor more than 21 days after the second advertisement shall appear in such newspaper.
- Minimum days after second publication for hearing5 days
The hearing shall be held not less than five days nor more than 21 days after the second advertisement shall appear in such newspaper.
- Access easement required for landlocked lot
If a lot of record is landlocked with no street frontage, proof of adequate access from an improved right-of-way via an access easement shall be provided to the administrator prior to approval of any construction.
- Work must begin within1 year
An approved zoning permit shall become null and void if the work described in the zoning permit has not begun within one year from the date of issuance.
- Substantial completion within2 years
If the work described in any zoning permit has not been substantially completed within two years of the date of issuance, said permit shall expire and be revoked by the administrator.
- Posting notice on property at least15 days
The notice must be posted on the subject property no less than 15 days prior to the public hearing.
- Remove notice within7 days
Notice shall be removed no later than seven days after the public hearing.
- Property owner notification minimum5 days
Property owner notification shall be sent by the administrator a minimum of five days prior to any public hearing, except where a longer timing is required.
- Public hearingConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. notice publication
Notice of public hearings shall also be published once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper published or having general circulation in the city.
- Improve unimproved right-of-way
If a lot of record has frontage on an unimproved right-of-way, the property owner or developer must improve the unimproved right-of-way in accordance with article X, subdivisions, of this ordinance, and chapter 62, articles II, streets, and IV, improvement of request, of this Code.
- Response to zoning determination request90 days
The administrator's response shall be provided within 90 days of the date of the request unless the requestor agrees to a longer period of time.
- Zoning permit required
No building or other structure shall be erected, moved, expanded, structurally altered, nor shall any building, structure, or land be established or changed in use without the owner or owners first obtaining a permit issued by the administrator verifying that the building, structure, or use complies with the requirements of this ordinance.
From the ordinance
Procedural requirements for zoning permits, certificates of occupancy, zoning determinations, appeals, and public hearings.