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If the local governing body determines that a review is necessary, it shall begin such review at least ninety days before the expiration date of the period established when the district was created. In conducting such review, the local governing body shall ask for the recommendations of the local advisory committee and the planning commission in order to determine whether to terminate, modify or continue the district. When each district is reviewed, land within the district may be withdrawn at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the local governing body at any time before it acts to continue, modify or terminate the district. The local planning commission or the advisory committee shall schedule as part of the review a public meeting with the owners of land within the district, and shall send by first-class mail a written notice of the meeting and review to all such owners. The notice shall state the time and place for the meeting; that the district is being reviewed by the local governing body; that the local governing body may continue, modify, or terminate the district; and that land may be withdrawn from the district at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the local governing body at any time before it acts to continue, modify or terminate the district. The local governing body shall hold a public hearing as provided by law. The governing body may stipulate conditions to continuation of the district and may establish a period before the next review of the district, which may be different from the conditions or period established when the district was created. Any such different conditions or period shall be described in a notice sent by first-class mail to all owners of land within the district and published in a newspaper having a general circulation within the district no less than seven days prior to adoption of the ordinance continuing the district. Unless the district is modified or terminated by the local governing body, the district shall continue as originally constituted, with the same conditions and period before the next review as that established when the district was created.\n\t\tIf the local governing body determines that a review is unnecessary, it shall set the year in which the next review shall occur.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":279755,"text":"The local governing body may complete a review of any district created under this section, together with additions to such district, no less than four years but no more than ten years after the date of its creation and every four to ten years thereafter. 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The notice shall state the time and place for the meeting; that the district is being reviewed by the local governing body; that the local governing body may continue, modify, or terminate the district; and that land may be withdrawn from the district at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the local governing body at any time before it acts to continue, modify or terminate the district. The local governing body shall hold a public hearing as provided by law. The governing body may stipulate conditions to continuation of the district and may establish a period before the next review of the district, which may be different from the conditions or period established when the district was created. 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This law was first created in 1977. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 681 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. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 8 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 1979, chapter 377; in 1981, chapter 546; in 1984, chapter 20; in 1985, chapter 13; in 1987, chapter 552; in 1993, chapters 745 and 761; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 225<\/a> and 242<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83920,"section_number":"15.2-4314","catch_line":"Withdrawal of land from a district; termination of a district","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-4314\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":158043,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78028,"identifier":"15.2-4311","token":"15.2\/IV\/43\/15.2-4311","url":"\/15.2-4311\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-4311\/","token":"15.2\/IV\/43\/15.2-4311","dublin_core":{"Title":"Review of districts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-4311","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The local governing body<\/span> may complete a review of any district<\/span> created under this section, together with additions to such district<\/span>, no less than four years but no more than ten years after the date of its creation and every four to ten years thereafter. If the local governing body<\/span> determines that a review is necessary, it shall begin such review at least ninety days before the expiration date of the period established when the district<\/span> was created. In conducting such review, the local governing body<\/span> shall ask for the recommendations of the local advisory committee<\/span> and the planning commission in order<\/span> to determine whether to terminate, modify or continue the district<\/span>. When each district<\/span> is reviewed, land within the district<\/span> may be withdrawn at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the local governing body<\/span> at any time before it acts to continue, modify or terminate the district<\/span>. The local planning commission or the advisory committee<\/span> shall schedule as part of the review a public meeting with the owners of land within the district<\/span>, and shall send by first-class mail a written notice of the meeting and review to all such owners. The notice shall state the time and place for the meeting; that the district<\/span> is being reviewed by the local governing body<\/span>; that the local governing body<\/span> may continue, modify, or terminate the district<\/span>; and that land may be withdrawn from the district<\/span> at the owner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the local governing body<\/span> at any time before it acts to continue, modify or terminate the district<\/span>. The local governing body<\/span> shall hold a public hearing<\/span> as provided by law<\/span>. The governing body<\/span> may stipulate conditions to continuation of the district<\/span> and may establish a period before the next review of the district<\/span>, which may be different from the conditions or period established when the district<\/span> was created. Any such different conditions or period shall be described in a notice sent by first-class mail to all owners of land within the district<\/span> and published in a newspaper having a general circulation within the district<\/span> no less than seven days prior to adoption of the ordinance<\/span> continuing the district<\/span>. Unless the district<\/span> is modified or terminated by the local governing body<\/span>, the district<\/span> shall continue as originally constituted, with the same conditions and period before the next review as that established when the district<\/span> was created.\n\t\tIf the local governing body<\/span> determines that a review is unnecessary, it shall set the year in which the next review shall occur.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVIEW OF DISTRICTS (\u00a7 15.2-4311)\n\nThe local governing body may complete a review of any district created under\nthis section, together with additions to such district, no less than four years\nbut no more than ten years after the date of its creation and every four to ten\nyears thereafter. If the local governing body determines that a review is\nnecessary, it shall begin such review at least ninety days before the expiration\ndate of the period established when the district was created. In conducting such\nreview, the local governing body shall ask for the recommendations of the local\nadvisory committee and the planning commission in order to determine whether to\nterminate, modify or continue the district. When each district is reviewed, land\nwithin the district may be withdrawn at the owner’s discretion by filing a\nwritten notice with the local governing body at any time before it acts to\ncontinue, modify or terminate the district. The local planning commission or the\nadvisory committee shall schedule as part of the review a public meeting with\nthe owners of land within the district, and shall send by first-class mail a\nwritten notice of the meeting and review to all such owners. The notice shall\nstate the time and place for the meeting; that the district is being reviewed by\nthe local governing body; that the local governing body may continue, modify, or\nterminate the district; and that land may be withdrawn from the district at the\nowner’s discretion by filing a written notice with the local governing\nbody at any time before it acts to continue, modify or terminate the district.\nThe local governing body shall hold a public hearing as provided by law. The\ngoverning body may stipulate conditions to continuation of the district and may\nestablish a period before the next review of the district, which may be\ndifferent from the conditions or period established when the district was\ncreated. Any such different conditions or period shall be described in a notice\nsent by first-class mail to all owners of land within the district and published\nin a newspaper having a general circulation within the district no less than\nseven days prior to adoption of the ordinance continuing the district. Unless\nthe district is modified or terminated by the local governing body, the district\nshall continue as originally constituted, with the same conditions and period\nbefore the next review as that established when the district was created.\n\t\tIf the local governing body determines that a review is unnecessary, it shall\nset the year in which the next review shall occur.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, c. 681, \u00a7 15.1-1511; 1979, c. 377; 1981, c. 546; 1984, c. 20;\n1985, c. 13; 1987, c. 552; 1993, cc. 745, 761; 1997, c. 587; 2024, cc. 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}}