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eight purposes of zoning, the criteria localities can use in developing zoning ordinances. Ratio said that would help reemphasize to the courts that they should consider all eight purposes when ruling in zoning cases.
A study commissioned last year by the Joint Land Use Task Force of the Virginia Municipal League (VML) and the Virginia Association of Counties (VaCo) concluded that the Virginia Supreme Court had in recent years given more weight to the criterion that the developer should get the greatest economic use from his or her land. In the 25-year period beginning in 1925, the report said, the court had ruled consistently against local governments in zoning decisions.
Clarke County Administrator Robert Lee also called for a restatement of the eight purposes, based upon the findings of the VaCO-VML report. He agreed that the courts “have not given equal consideration" to all eight purposes, and that the legislature ought to direct the courts to do so.
"I think that they're all equally important. . .." he said of the eight criteria.
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