Bill Text: VA HB585 | 2020 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Comprehensive plan; certain localities to promote transit-oriented development.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-02-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0014) [HB585 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB585-Engrossed.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-2223.4 as follows:
§15.2-2223.4. Comprehensive plan shall provide for transit-oriented development.
Beginning July 1, 2020, each [ locality
city with a population greater than 20,000 and each county with a population greater
than 100,000 ] shall incorporate into the next scheduled and all
subsequent reviews of its comprehensive plan strategies to promote transit-oriented
development for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through
coordinated transportation, housing, and land use planning. Such strategies may
include (i) locating new housing development, including low-income, affordable
housing, in closer proximity to public transit options; (ii) prioritizing
transit options with reduced overall carbon emissions; (iii) increasing
development density in certain areas to reduce density in others; or (iv) other
strategies designed to reduce overall carbon emissions in the locality.