                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ORDINANCE FOR ANNEXATION BY CITY OR TOWN; APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COURT (§
15.2-3202)

The council of any city or town may by an ordinance passed by a recorded
affirmative vote of a majority of all the members elected to the council,
petition the circuit court for the county in which any territory adjacent to the
city or town lies, for the annexation of such territory. The circuit court with
which the petition is filed shall notify the Supreme Court, which shall appoint
a special court to hear the case as prescribed by Chapter 30 (§ 15.2-3000 et
seq.) of this title.
		The ordinance shall set forth the necessity for or expediency of annexation
and shall contain the following detailed information:

1. Metes and bounds and size of area sought;

2. Information, which may be shown on a map annexed to the ordinance, of the
area sought to be annexed, indicating generally subdivisions, industrial areas,
farm areas, vacant areas and others, together with any other information deemed
relevant as to possible future uses of property within the area. If a map is not
annexed as part of the ordinance, then such information shall be set forth in
the ordinance;

3. A general statement of the terms and conditions upon which annexation is
sought, and the provisions planned for the future improvement of the annexed
territory, including the provision of public utilities and services therein.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-152.3; 1952, c. 328; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1033; 1997,
c. 587.