
2016 Comprehensive Plan
Strategic choices made over the years have set the course for Virginia Beach's future and defined its place in the world.
Comprehensive Planning
Strategic choices made over the years have set the course for Virginia Beach's future and defined its place in the world.
Comprehensive Planning
The 2016 Comprehensive Plan is the City’s current guide to decisions related to development and investment in Virginia Beach. The City Council adopted this plan on May 17, 2016, and the document has been amended periodically as policies and plans are updated.
The plan is composed of a policy document, reference handbook and technical report, as well as a list of additional documents considered “adopted by reference,” which are policies that focus on specific topics or areas of the City and carry the same level of authority as the general Comprehensive Plan.
A Community for a Lifetime"
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2021
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2008
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2002
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2009 (amended 2018)
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2014 (amended 2016)
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2013
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2023
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2017
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2010
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2023
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2015
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2005
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2012
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2006 (amended 2014)
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1994
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2011 (amended 2017)
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2012
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2010
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1997
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2004
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1994
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2010
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2012 (amended 2017)
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2012 (amended 2023)
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2005
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2016
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2009 (amended 2014)
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2000
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2002
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2023
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2008 (amended 2020)
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2011
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2020
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2017
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2000
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2002
Southern Watershed Area Management Plan 2001
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2015
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2014
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2011
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2023
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2017
Adoption Date
Ordinance & Background Info
Adopted Document
October 2023
Ordinance & Background Info
Adopted Document
June 2023
Ordinance & Background Info
Flood Resiliency Toolkit & Commercial Area Pattern Book amendment
Adopted Document
Adopted Document
Adoption Date
January 2023
Ordinance & Background Info
Adopted Document
Adoption Date
February 2021
Ordinance & Background Info
Adopted Document
June 2020
Ordinance & Background Info
Adopted Document
Ordinance & Background Info
Adopted Document
Adoption Date
November 2018
Ordinance & Background Info
Adopted Document
December 2017
Adopted Document
Adopted Document
Adopted Document
Ordinance & Background Info
Ordinance & Background Info
Interfacility Traffic Area and Vicinity Master Plan amendment
Adopted Document
Adoption Date
June 2017
Ordinance & Background Info
Adopted Document
Adoption Date
January 2017
Ordinance & Background Info
Master Transportation Plan amendment: Lavender Lane and Sentara Way
Adopted Document
Adoption Date
December 2016
Ordinance & Background Info
Adoption Date
August 2016
Ordinance & Background Info
Adopted Document