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The ordinance, or a descriptive summary of the ordinance, along with a reference of the place in the city or town where the ordinance may be examined, shall be published three times in a paper having general circulation in the city or town, with the first notice appearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice appearing no less than seven days before the enactment of the ordinance. A copy of the ordinance shall be served by the city or town upon the chairman of the board of supervisors of the contiguous county or counties of which the territory may become a part.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":233134,"text":"Whenever it is deemed desirable to contract the corporate limits of any city or town, the council thereof may enact an ordinance defining accurately the boundary of the territory proposed to be abandoned. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1962, chapter 623; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 225<\/a> and 242<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":157179,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64025,"identifier":"15.2-3236","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3236","url":"\/15.2-3236\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3236\/","token":"15.2\/III\/32\/3\/15.2-3236","dublin_core":{"Title":"Council may enact ordinance","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3236","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever it is deemed desirable to contract<\/span> the corporate limits of any city<\/span> or town<\/span>, the council<\/span> thereof may enact an ordinance<\/span> defining accurately the boundary of the territory proposed to be abandoned. The ordinance<\/span>, or a descriptive summary of the ordinance<\/span>, along with a reference of the place in the city<\/span> or town<\/span> where the ordinance<\/span> may be examined, shall be published three times in a paper having general circulation in the city<\/span> or town<\/span>, with the first notice appearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice appearing no less than seven days before the enactment of the ordinance<\/span>. A copy of the ordinance<\/span> shall be served by the city<\/span> or town<\/span> upon the chairman of the board of supervisors<\/span> of the contiguous county<\/span> or counties of which the territory may become a part.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOUNCIL MAY ENACT ORDINANCE (\u00a7 15.2-3236)\n\nWhenever it is deemed desirable to contract the corporate limits of any city or\ntown, the council thereof may enact an ordinance defining accurately the\nboundary of the territory proposed to be abandoned. The ordinance, or a\ndescriptive summary of the ordinance, along with a reference of the place in the\ncity or town where the ordinance may be examined, shall be published three times\nin a paper having general circulation in the city or town, with the first notice\nappearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice appearing no less\nthan seven days before the enactment of the ordinance. A copy of the ordinance\nshall be served by the city or town upon the chairman of the board of\nsupervisors of the contiguous county or counties of which the territory may\nbecome a part.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 15-153; 1962, c. 623, \u00a7 15.1-1059; 1997, c. 587; 2024,\ncc. 225, 242.","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}}