Guest v. King George County Board of Supervisors

By Judge James W. Haley, Jr.

Code § 15.1-431 requires that “copies of the proposed plans, ordinances or amendments ...” be available for public inspection prior to action by the Board of Supervisors on applications for re-zoning.

Complainants allege that a staff memorandum prepared by the Director of the Department of Community Development for review by the Board of Supervisors is a document statutorily encompassed within those quoted above and that a failure to include the same for public inspection vitiates re-zoning action taken by the Board.

With the admission of the memorandum itself as…