                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ADOPTION OF ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM (§ 15.2-2321)

Prior to adopting a system of impact fees, the locality shall conduct an
assessment of road improvement needs benefiting an impact fee service area and
shall adopt a road improvements plan for the area showing the new roads proposed
to be constructed and the existing roads to be improved or expanded and the
schedule for undertaking such construction, improvement or expansion. The road
improvements plan shall be adopted as an amendment to the required comprehensive
plan and shall be incorporated into the capital improvements program or, in the
case of the counties where applicable, the six-year plan for secondary highway
construction pursuant to § 33.2-331.
		The locality shall adopt the road improvements plan after holding a duly
advertised public hearing in accordance with § 15.2-2204.
		The locality at a minimum shall include the following items in assessing road
improvement needs and preparing a road improvements plan:

1. An analysis of the existing capacity, current usage and existing commitments
to future usage of existing roads, as indicated by (i) current and projected
service levels, (ii) current valid building permits outstanding, and (iii)
approved and pending site plans and subdivision plats. If the current usage and
commitments exceed the existing capacity of the roads, the locality also shall
determine the costs of improving the roads to meet the demand. The analysis
shall include any off-site road improvements or cash payments for road
improvements accepted by the locality and shall include a plan to fund the
current usages and commitments that exceed the existing capacity of the roads.

2. The projected need for and costs of construction of new roads or improvement
or expansion of existing roads attributable in whole or in part to projected new
development. Road improvement needs shall be projected for the impact fee
service area when fully developed in accord with the comprehensive plan and, if
full development is projected to occur more than 20 years in the future, at the
end of a 20-year period. The assumptions with regard to land uses, densities,
intensities, and population upon which road improvement projections are based
shall be presented.

3. The total number of new service units projected for the impact fee service
area when fully developed and, if full development is projected to occur more
than 20 years in the future, at the end of a 20-year period. A &#8220;service
unit&#8221; is a standardized measure of traffic use or generation. The locality
shall develop a table or method for attributing service units to various types
of development and land use, including but not limited to residential,
commercial and industrial uses. The table shall be based upon the ITE manual
(published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers) or locally conducted
trip generation studies, and consistent with the traffic analysis standards
adopted pursuant to &#xA7; 15.2-2222.1.

HISTORY: 1989, c. 485, § 15.1-498.4; 1992, c. 465; 1997, c. 587; 2007, c. 896;
2024, cc. 225, 242.