                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COUNCIL MAY ENACT ORDINANCE (§ 15.2-3236)

Whenever it is deemed desirable to contract the corporate limits of any city or
town, the council thereof may enact an ordinance defining accurately the
boundary of the territory proposed to be abandoned. The ordinance, or a
descriptive summary of the ordinance, along with a reference of the place in the
city or town where the ordinance may be examined, shall be published three times
in a paper having general circulation in the city or town, with the first notice
appearing no more than 35 days before and the third notice appearing no less
than seven days before the enactment of the ordinance. A copy of the ordinance
shall be served by the city or town upon the chairman of the board of
supervisors of the contiguous county or counties of which the territory may
become a part.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-153; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1059; 1997, c. 587; 2024,
cc. 225, 242.