Title
Ordinance to Amend and Re-Enact the City Code of the City of Hampton, Virginia by Amending Chapter 35 ("Subdivisions") to Align the Subdivision Ordinance with the State Code and Ensure Consistency with Current Regulations and Compliance Standards
Purpose
Background Statement:
The purpose of this amendment is to modernize the City's Subdivision Ordinance by incorporating state legislative updates, improving clarity, and ensuring compliance with current statutory requirements. In addition, the transition from hard copies to digital submissions will help lower costs and expedite processing times. This change simplifies the submission process, reduces administrative burden, and enables faster communication and review.
As part of this update, there are recommended housekeeping revisions to several ordinance sections to improve clarity, correct formatting and cross-references, and to maintain consistency throughout the ordinance. These changes are administrative in nature and do not alter the intent or substantive requirements of the ordinance.
Overall, these updates aim to create a clearer, more accessible document that better supports both customers and service teams.
Recommendations:
Rec
Staff Recommendation:
Approve
Body
Ordinance to Amend And Re-Enact the Code of the City Of Hampton, Virginia By Amending Chapter 35, “Subdivisions,” Articles I (“In General”), II (“Preliminary Plat - Procedures”), and III (“Final Plat”).
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hampton, Virginia that Chapter 35 of the City Code of the City of Hampton, Virginia be amended and restated to read as follows:
CHAPTER 35 - SUBDIVISIONS.
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
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Sec. 35-3. Administration and enforcement of chapter.
Pursuant to the authority granted to the city council by the Code of Virginia § 15.2-2255, the city council designates as its agent the city manager for purposes of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. For pur...
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