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Thereafter, no plan for the establishment or extension of a business improvement and recruitment district to include any business proposed to be included in the disapproved business improvement and recruitment district may be submitted until the expiration of at least one year from the date of disapproval.C\n\nIf the locality shall find that notice was incorrectly or insufficiently given or that any business charged a fee within the boundaries of the proposed business improvement and recruitment district or extension is not benefited thereby or that certain businesses benefited thereby had not been included therein, it shall call a further hearing at a definite place and time not less than 10 days and not more than 30 days after this determination. In the resolution calling such hearing, it shall specify the necessary changes, if any, to the boundaries of the proposed business improvement and recruitment district or extension to be made in order that all of the benefited businesses are included in the general business improvement and recruitment district, and only those businesses deemed benefited shall be subject to fees within such business improvement and recruitment district. Notice of the further hearing shall be published and mailed in the manner provided in § 15.2-2413.15, except that, where boundaries are to be altered, this notice shall also specify the manner in which it is proposed to alter the boundaries of the proposed business improvement and recruitment district or extension. The further hearing shall be conducted in the same manner as the original hearing.D\n\nIf a locality determines in the affirmative all questions in subsection A, it may by ordinance establish a business improvement and recruitment district and any ordinances provided for in § 15.2-2413.17.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":219252,"text":"Not earlier than 30 days after the conclusion of the last day of the public hearing held pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-2413.15, the governing body of the locality that conducted the hearing process shall determine:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":219253,"text":"Whether the notice of hearing for all hearings required to be held was published and mailed as required by law and is otherwise sufficient;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":219254,"text":"Whether all the businesses charged a fee within the boundaries of the proposed business improvement and recruitment district or extension will benefit from the establishment or extension of the business improvement and recruitment district; and","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":219255,"text":"Whether the establishment or extension of the business improvement and recruitment district is in the public interest.","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"B"},"4":{"id":219256,"text":"If the locality determines the question of subdivision A 3 in the negative, or if the requisite number of owners file objections as provided in subsection B of § 15.2-2413.15, the locality shall not establish or extend the business improvement and recruitment district, as applicable. Thereafter, no plan for the establishment or extension of a business improvement and recruitment district to include any business proposed to be included in the disapproved business improvement and recruitment district may be submitted until the expiration of at least one year from the date of disapproval.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"C"},"5":{"id":219257,"text":"If the locality shall find that notice was incorrectly or insufficiently given or that any business charged a fee within the boundaries of the proposed business improvement and recruitment district or extension is not benefited thereby or that certain businesses benefited thereby had not been included therein, it shall call a further hearing at a definite place and time not less than 10 days and not more than 30 days after this determination. In the resolution calling such hearing, it shall specify the necessary changes, if any, to the boundaries of the proposed business improvement and recruitment district or extension to be made in order that all of the benefited businesses are included in the general business improvement and recruitment district, and only those businesses deemed benefited shall be subject to fees within such business improvement and recruitment district. Notice of the further hearing shall be published and mailed in the manner provided in § 15.2-2413.15, except that, where boundaries are to be altered, this notice shall also specify the manner in which it is proposed to alter the boundaries of the proposed business improvement and recruitment district or extension. The further hearing shall be conducted in the same manner as the original hearing.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"D"},"6":{"id":219258,"text":"If a locality determines in the affirmative all questions in subsection A, it may by ordinance establish a business improvement and recruitment district and any ordinances provided for in § 15.2-2413.17.","type":"section","prefixes":["D"],"prefix":"D","entire_prefix":"D","prefix_anchor":"D","level":1,"prior_prefix":"C"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14037,"edition_id":1,"name":"Business Improvement and Recruitment Districts","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":14036,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:46:40","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:46:40","permalink":{"id":155717,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14037,"identifier":"4","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/4","url":"\/15.2\/II\/24\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":14036,"edition_id":1,"name":"Service Districts; 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This law was first created in 2023. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 745<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86232,"section_number":"15.2-2413.15","catch_line":"Hearing on a proposed business improvement and recruitment district","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2413.15\/"},{"id":56324,"section_number":"15.2-2413.17","catch_line":"Local ordinances related to business improvement and recruitment districts","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-2413.17\/"}],"permalink":{"id":155735,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59855,"identifier":"15.2-2413.16","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/4\/15.2-2413.16","url":"\/15.2-2413.16\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-2413.16\/","token":"15.2\/II\/24\/4\/15.2-2413.16","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment or extension of the business improvement and recruitment district","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-2413.16","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Not earlier than 30 days after the conclusion of the last day of the public hearing<\/span> held pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-2413.15<\/a>, the governing body<\/span> of the locality<\/span> that conducted the hearing<\/span> process shall determine: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Whether the notice of hearing<\/span> for all hearings<\/span> required to be held was published and mailed as required by law<\/span> and is otherwise sufficient; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Whether all the businesses charged a fee<\/span> within the boundaries of the proposed business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> or extension will benefit from the establishment or extension of the business improvement and recruitment district<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Whether the establishment or extension of the business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> is in the public interest. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If the locality<\/span> determines the question of subdivision A 3 in the negative, or if the requisite number of owners file objections as provided in subsection B of § 15.2-2413.15<\/a>, the locality<\/span> shall not establish or extend the business improvement and recruitment district<\/span>, as applicable. Thereafter, no plan for the establishment or extension of a business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> to include any business proposed to be included in the disapproved business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> may be submitted until the expiration of at least one year from the date of disapproval. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> If the locality<\/span> shall find that notice was incorrectly or insufficiently given or that any business charged a fee<\/span> within the boundaries of the proposed business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> or extension is not benefited thereby or that certain businesses benefited thereby had not been included therein, it shall call a further hearing<\/span> at a definite place and time not less than 10 days and not more than 30 days after this determination. In the resolution calling such hearing<\/span>, it shall specify the necessary changes, if any, to the boundaries of the proposed business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> or extension to be made in order<\/span> that all of the benefited businesses are included in the general business improvement and recruitment district<\/span>, and only those businesses deemed benefited shall be subject to fees<\/span> within such business improvement and recruitment district<\/span>. Notice of the further hearing<\/span> shall be published and mailed in the manner provided in § 15.2-2413.15<\/a>, except that, where boundaries are to be altered, this notice shall also specify the manner in which it is proposed to alter the boundaries of the proposed business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> or extension. The further hearing<\/span> shall be conducted in the same manner as the original hearing<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> If a locality<\/span> determines in the affirmative all questions in subsection A, it may by ordinance<\/span> establish a business improvement and recruitment district<\/span> and any ordinances<\/span> provided for in § 15.2-2413.17<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT OR EXTENSION OF THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AND RECRUITMENT DISTRICT\n(\u00a7 15.2-2413.16)\n\nA. Not earlier than 30 days after the conclusion of the last day of the public\nhearing held pursuant to \u00a7 15.2-2413.15, the governing body of the locality\nthat conducted the hearing process shall determine:\n\n 1. Whether the notice of hearing for all hearings required to be held was\n published and mailed as required by law and is otherwise sufficient;\n\n 2. Whether all the businesses charged a fee within the boundaries of the\n proposed business improvement and recruitment district or extension will\n benefit from the establishment or extension of the business improvement and\n recruitment district; and\n\n 3. Whether the establishment or extension of the business improvement and\n recruitment district is in the public interest.\n\nB. If the locality determines the question of subdivision A 3 in the negative,\nor if the requisite number of owners file objections as provided in subsection B\nof § 15.2-2413.15, the locality shall not establish or extend the business\nimprovement and recruitment district, as applicable. Thereafter, no plan for the\nestablishment or extension of a business improvement and recruitment district to\ninclude any business proposed to be included in the disapproved business\nimprovement and recruitment district may be submitted until the expiration of at\nleast one year from the date of disapproval.\n\nC. If the locality shall find that notice was incorrectly or insufficiently\ngiven or that any business charged a fee within the boundaries of the proposed\nbusiness improvement and recruitment district or extension is not benefited\nthereby or that certain businesses benefited thereby had not been included\ntherein, it shall call a further hearing at a definite place and time not less\nthan 10 days and not more than 30 days after this determination. In the\nresolution calling such hearing, it shall specify the necessary changes, if any,\nto the boundaries of the proposed business improvement and recruitment district\nor extension to be made in order that all of the benefited businesses are\nincluded in the general business improvement and recruitment district, and only\nthose businesses deemed benefited shall be subject to fees within such business\nimprovement and recruitment district. Notice of the further hearing shall be\npublished and mailed in the manner provided in § 15.2-2413.15, except that,\nwhere boundaries are to be altered, this notice shall also specify the manner in\nwhich it is proposed to alter the boundaries of the proposed business\nimprovement and recruitment district or extension. The further hearing shall be\nconducted in the same manner as the original hearing.\n\nD. If a locality determines in the affirmative all questions in subsection A, it\nmay by ordinance establish a business improvement and recruitment district and\nany ordinances provided for in § 15.2-2413.17.\n\nHISTORY: 2023, c. 745.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}