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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58527</law_id><section_number>15.2-4403</section_number><catch_line>Power of participating localities to enact ordinances; application form and fees</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-4405</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="44">Local Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Participating localities shall have the authority to enact <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span> and to promulgate forms to effectuate this chapter. The <span class="dictionary">participating locality</span> may charge a reasonable fee for all applications submitted pursuant to this chapter; such fee shall not to exceed fifty dollars or the costs of processing and reviewing an application, whichever is less. <a id="paragraph-214514" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-4403/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">participating locality</span> shall prescribe application forms for agricultural and forestal districts that include but are not limited to the following information: <a id="paragraph-214515" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-4403/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The general location and boundaries of the district; <a id="paragraph-214516" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-4403/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A summary of the acreage in the district including (i) estimated total acreage in the district and (ii) acreage owned by persons proposing the district; <a id="paragraph-214517" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-4403/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The name, address, total acreage owned within the proposed district and signature of each <span class="dictionary">landowner</span> proposing the district; and <a id="paragraph-214518" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-4403/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The date of application, date of final <span class="dictionary">county</span> action and whether approved, modified or rejected. <a id="paragraph-214519" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-4403/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The application form shall be accompanied by maps or aerial photographs, or both, prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">participating locality</span> which clearly show the boundaries of the proposed district, boundaries of properties within the proposed district owned by each applicant, and any other features as prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">participating locality</span>. <a id="paragraph-214520" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-4403/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 374, &#xA7; 15.1-1513.4; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
