Loudoun resident Michael Digennaro had thought he had asked the right questions, so he and his wife Darlene bought a home in Loudoun Valley Estates, settling in January. Digennaro did not know that ...

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The James City County Planning Commission voted Wednesday to recommend residential proffers be reintroduced to the county’s zoning ordinance. The proposal, which would make residential proffers ...

The implementation of proffers should be strongly reconsidered, as recommended by the JCC Planning Commission. The move would be restrictive to property owners, county staff and would negatively ...

The imposition of community proffers creates challenges for a zoning applicant. It is important for developers and their lawyers to understand the law on this subject so they are prepared to respond ...

WASHINGTON — Limits on the proffers developers are required to pay local governments before building new homes are moving through the General Assembly. And while some tweaks have been made to address ...

Proffers should also serve the area around the new development, not the other side of the county, he said. “I did feel like something needed to be done on behalf of the builders,” Marsden said. “It’s ...

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has signed a bill into law that will limit developer proffers. The proffer system has been relied on by local governments since the 1970s as a means to entice builders to ...