In re Zoning Ordinance Amendments

By Judge Thomas D. Horne

Memorandum Opinion and Consolidated Decree No. 25

This case is before the Court on the motion of the Litigation Steering Committee to strike the Respondents’ Responses to Vested Rights Statements and “Rules Matrix.” Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-274 (Michie 2003). The motion requires that the Court interpret the provisions of Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-2307 (Michie 2003). That statute provides that a local governing authority’s power to zone may not infringe upon vested rights. It states in pertinent part:

*463Nothing in this article [Va. Code Ann. tit. 15.2, ch. 22, art. 7] shall be…