                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED PRIOR TO CREATION OR DESIGNATION OF A LAND BANK ENTITY
(§ 15.2-7502)

The governing body of a locality shall not adopt an ordinance creating a land
bank entity pursuant to § 15.2-7501 or designating a planning district
commission or an existing nonprofit entity pursuant to § 15.2-7512 until notice
of intention to do so has been published twice in some newspaper published or
having general circulation in the locality, with the first publication appearing
no more than 28 days before and the second publication appearing no less than
seven days before the hearing. The notice shall specify the time and place of a
hearing at which affected or interested persons may appear and present their
views. After the public hearing has been conducted pursuant to this section, the
governing body shall be empowered to create a land bank entity or designate a
planning district commission or an existing nonprofit entity.

HISTORY: 2016, cc. 159, 383; 2020, c. 147; 2023, cc. 506, 507; 2024, cc. 225,
242.