                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLIC FACILITIES STUDY (§ 15.2-2230.1)

In addition to reviewing the comprehensive plan, the planning commission may
make a study of the public facilities, including existing facilities, which
would be needed if the comprehensive plan is fully implemented. The study may
include estimations of the annual prospective operating costs for such
facilities and any revenues, including tax revenues, that may be generated by
such facilities. For purposes of the study, public facilities may include but
need not be limited to water and sewer lines and treatment plants, schools,
public safety facilities, streets and highways. The planning commission may
forward the study to the local governing body or any other local, regional,
state or federal agency that the planning commission believes might benefit from
its findings. The study shall also be forwarded to any utility companies or
franchised cable operators that may be impacted by such public facilities. The
utility companies, the franchised cable operators, and the locality shall
cooperate and coordinate in the relocation of such utilities and cable lines as
may be appropriate to avoid unnecessary delays in the construction of public
facilities and capital projects by the affected localities, consistent with the
service obligations of the utility companies and franchised cable operators. For
purposes of this section, the term &#8220;utility company&#8221; shall not
include a municipal utility that operates outside its locality&#8217;s
boundaries.

HISTORY: 1998, c. 609; 2012, c. 553.