Bill Text: VA HB1897 | 2017 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Aquaculture; protection of use in an agricultural zone.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-07 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns [HB1897 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HB1897-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-2307.2 as follows:
§15.2-2307.2. Protection of aquaculture in an agricultural zone.
Any aquaculture use on property that, at the time the use commenced, was located in a zone that allowed production agriculture, but whose zoning has since been changed to disallow production agriculture, shall be considered a valid nonconforming use on the property. As used in this section, "aquaculture" means the same as that term is defined in §3.2-2600 and "production agriculture" means the same as that term is defined in §15.2-2288.
2. That Chapter 435 of the Acts of Assembly of 2014 is amended by adding a third enactment as follows:
3. That the provisions of this act amending §15.2-2288 of the Code of Virginia are declaratory of existing law.