| The Virginia Association
of Zoning Officials (VAZO) was organized 1990 to perpetuate
an organized professional support community for the maintenance of
active communication.
Our primary goal is to formulate a healthy organizational
network capable of sustaining the goals of the organization that
is not reliant on a few individual personalities. In addition, we
strive to:
- Expand the awareness of professional administrators concerning
the authority with which their positions are empowered.
- Provide a reliable communication network for the use of administrators
to develop solutions to various zoning problems.
- Increase the visibility of the organization and develop an identity
as a legitimate member of the public administration organizational
community.
- Provide high quality programs to members of the organization
with consistently high standards of excellence.
- Continue to improve member development.
- Instill on the part of all members a desire to make VAZO the
model for future organizations.
- Develop a mentoring program among Virginia’s zoning officials.
Offered January 21, 1999
Commending
the Virginia Association of Zoning Officials. Patrons --
Houck and Couric; Delegates: Harris and Van Yahres
WHEREAS, formed in 1990, the Virginia Association of Zoning Officials
(VAZO) was one of the first organizations in the United States devoted
to providing the highest quality training and certification requirements
for all land use professionals; and
WHEREAS, VAZO has developed, through the National Assessment Institute
and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a comprehensive
certification testing program for its members; and
WHEREAS, VAZO's certification testing assures that the decisions
made by land use professionals working at the state and local level
are made according to the standards and guidelines established in
the Code of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, VAZO continues to maintain the highest standards for
its members to become Certified Zoning Officers and Certified Zoning
Administrators through VAZO's certification testing program; and
WHEREAS, the public health, safety, and welfare are further guaranteed
through VAZO's dedication to the fair, ethical administration and
enforcement of land use laws in Virginia; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That
the General Assembly commend and officially recognize the Virginia
Association of Zoning Officials and its training and certification
testing programs; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy
of this resolution for presentation to the Virginia Association
of Zoning Officials in honor of the organization's dedication to
providing the highest quality training and certification testing
requirements for those engaged in the profession of zoning law administration
and enforcement in the Commonwealth.
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