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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55800</law_id><section_number>15.2-4305</section_number><catch_line>Application for creation of district in one or more localities; size and location of parcels</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-4309</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Other Governmental Entities</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="43">Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>On or before November 1 of each year or any other annual date selected by the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>, any owner or owners of land may submit an <span class="dictionary">application</span> to the <span class="dictionary">locality</span> for the creation of a <span class="dictionary">district</span> or addition of land to an existing <span class="dictionary">district</span> within the <span class="dictionary">locality</span>. Each <span class="dictionary">district</span> shall have a core of no less than 200 acres in one parcel or in contiguous parcels. A parcel not part of the core may be included in a <span class="dictionary">district</span> (i) if the nearest boundary of the parcel is within one mile of the boundary of the core, (ii) if it is contiguous to a parcel in the <span class="dictionary">district</span> the nearest boundary of which is within one mile of the boundary of the core, or (iii) if the local <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> finds, in consultation with the <span class="dictionary">advisory committee</span> or planning commission, that the parcel not part of the core or within one mile of the boundary of the core contains <span class="dictionary">agriculturally and forestally significant land</span>. No land shall be included in any <span class="dictionary">district</span> without the signature on the <span class="dictionary">application</span>, or the written approval of all owners thereof. A <span class="dictionary">district</span> may be located in more than one <span class="dictionary">locality</span>, provided that (i) separate <span class="dictionary">application</span> is made to each <span class="dictionary">locality</span> involved, (ii) each local <span class="dictionary">governing body</span> approves the <span class="dictionary">district</span>, and (iii) the <span class="dictionary">district</span> meets the size requirements of this section. In the event that one of the local governing bodies disapproves the creation of a <span class="dictionary">district</span> within its boundaries, the creation of the <span class="dictionary">district</span> within the adjacent localities&#x2019; boundaries shall not be affected, provided that the <span class="dictionary">district</span> otherwise meets the requirements set out in this chapter. In no event shall the act of creating a single <span class="dictionary">district</span> located in two localities pursuant to this subsection be construed to create two <span class="dictionary">districts</span>.</p></section></text><history>1977, c. 681, &#xA7; 15.1-1511; 1979, c. 377; 1981, c. 546; 1984, c. 20; 1985, c. 13; 1987, c. 552; 1993, cc. 745, 761; 1997, c. 587; 1998, c. 833; 2011, cc. 344, 355.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
