                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW IMPOSED (§ 15.2-2405)

Such improvements may be ordered by the governing body and the cost thereof
apportioned in pursuance of an agreement between the governing body and the
abutting landowners, and, in the absence of such an agreement, the cost of
improvements which is to be defrayed in whole or in part by such local tax or
assessment, may in cities and towns be ordered on a petition from the owners of
not less than three-fourths of the parcels to be affected thereby, or in
counties on a petition from not less than sixty percent of the landowners to be
affected thereby or by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the
governing body. Notice shall be given to the abutting landowners, notifying them
when and where they may appear before the governing body, or some committee
thereof, or the administrative board or other similar board of the locality to
whom the matter may be referred, to be heard in favor of or against such
improvements.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-670; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-240; 1997, c. 587; 2024, c.
740.