                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REVIEW OF APPLICATION; NOTICE; HEARING (§ 15.2-4307)

Upon the receipt of an application for a district or for an addition to an
existing district, the program administrator shall refer such application to the
advisory committee.
		The advisory committee shall review and make recommendations concerning the
application or modification thereof to the local planning commission, which
shall:

1. Notify, by first-class mail, adjacent property owners, as shown on the maps
of the locality used for tax assessment purposes, and where applicable, any
political subdivision whose territory encompasses or is part of the district, of
the application. The notice shall contain (i) a statement that an application
for a district has been filed with the program administrator pursuant to this
chapter; (ii) a statement that the application will be on file open to public
inspection in the office of the clerk of the local governing body; (iii) where
applicable a statement that any political subdivision whose territory
encompasses or is part of the district may propose a modification which must be
filed with the local planning commission within thirty days of the date of the
notice; (iv) a statement that any owner of additional qualifying land may join
the application within thirty days from the date of the notice or, with the
consent of the local governing body, at any time before the public hearing the
local governing body must hold on the application; (v) a statement that any
owner who joined in the application may withdraw his land, in whole or in part,
by written notice filed with the local governing body, at any time before the
local governing body acts pursuant to &#xA7; 15.2-4309; and (vi) a statement
that additional qualifying lands may be added to an already created district at
any time upon separate application pursuant to this chapter;

2. Hold a public hearing as prescribed by law; and

3. Report its recommendations to the local governing body including but not
limited to the potential effect of the district and proposed modifications upon
the locality&#8217;s planning policies and objectives.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 681, § 15.1-1511; 1979, c. 377; 1981, c. 546; 1984, c. 20;
1985, c. 13; 1987, c. 552; 1993, cc. 745, 761; 1997, c. 587; 1998, c. 833; 2011,
cc. 344, 355.