All other Council Members are required to live in the districts they represent: Bayside, Beach, Centerville, Kempsville, Lynnhaven, Princess Anne, and Rose Hall.

The Council holds regular meetings on alternate Tuesday evenings on the second floor of the Virginia Beach City Hall.

[5] Two days later, it was announced that, due to the ongoing pandemic, council meetings would now be held at the Virginia Beach Convention Center.

The city worked with a special master, who developed a 10 district ward system, plus one at-large contest for Mayor, late in 2021.

[1] In 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held in a 2-1 opinion that because HB 2198 had already prevented the city from conducting any future City Council elections under the electoral system that Plaintiffs challenged, that the case was moot, and overturned the district court's ruling.