Title 15.2, Title 15.2. Counties, Cities and Towns

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Advisory committee" means the agricultural and forestal districts advisory committee. "Agricultural products" means crops, livestock and livestock products, including but not limited to: field crops, fruit…

A. Each locality shall have the authority to promulgate forms and to enact ordinances to effectuate this chapter. The locality may charge a reasonable fee for each application submitted pursuant to this chapter; such fee shall not exceed $500 or the costs of processing and review…

A. Upon receipt of the first agricultural and forestal districts application, the local governing body shall establish an advisory committee which shall consist of four landowners who are engaged in agricultural or forestal production, four other landowners of the locality, the c…

On or before November 1 of each year or any other annual date selected by the locality, any owner or owners of land may submit an application to the locality for the creation of a district or addition of land to an existing district within the locality. Each district shall have a…

Land being considered for inclusion in a district may be evaluated by the advisory committee and the planning commission through the Virginia Land Evaluation and Site Assessment (LESA) System or, if one has been developed, a local LESA System. The following factors should be cons…

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 …

A. The local governing body, after receiving the report of the local planning commission and the advisory committee, shall hold a public hearing as provided by law, and after such public hearing, may by ordinance create the district or add land to an existing district as applied …

Additional parcels of land may be added to an existing district at any time by following the process and application deadlines prescribed for the creation of a new district.

The local governing body may complete a review of any district created under this section, together with additions to such district, no less than four years but no more than ten years after the date of its creation and every four to ten years thereafter. If the local governing bo…

A. Land lying within a district and used in agricultural or forestal production shall automatically qualify for an agricultural or forestal use-value assessment pursuant to Article 4 (§ 58.1-3229 et seq.) of Chapter 32 of Title 58.1, if the requirements for such assessment contai…

A. Any agency of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision which intends to acquire land or any interest therein other than by gift, devise, bequest or grant, or any public service corporation which intends to: (i) acquire land or any interest therein for public utility facil…

A. At any time after the creation of a district within any locality, any owner of land lying in such district may file with the program administrator a written request to withdraw all or part of his land from the district for good and reasonable cause. The program administrator s…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act."

It is state policy to encourage localities of the Commonwealth to conserve and protect and to encourage the development and improvement of their agricultural and forestal lands for the production of food and other agricultural and forestal products. It is also state policy to enc…

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: "Advisory committee" means the agricultural and forestal advisory committee. "Agricultural products" means crops, livestock and livestock products, including but not limited to field crops, fruits, vegetabl…

A. Participating localities shall have the authority to enact ordinances and to promulgate forms to effectuate this chapter. The participating locality may charge a reasonable fee for all applications submitted pursuant to this chapter; such fee shall not to exceed fifty dollars …

Upon receipt of the first agricultural and forestal district application submitted as permitted under an ordinance adopted pursuant to this chapter, the local governing body shall establish an advisory committee as prescribed in § 15.2-4304, which section shall apply mutatis muta…

A. A participating locality shall have the authority to create agricultural, forestal, or agricultural and forestal districts of local significance by the adoption of a general ordinance establishing a local districts program according to the provisions of this chapter. B. In par…

Any district ordinance adopted by the local governing body in order to create or renew an agricultural, forestal, or agricultural and forestal district shall include the following provisions: 1. That no parcel included within the district shall be developed to a more intensive us…

A. At any time after the creation of an agricultural, forestal, or an agricultural and forestal district of local significance within Fairfax County, any owner of land lying in such district may file a written notice of withdrawal with the local governing body which created the d…

This chapter shall be known as the "Multicounty Transportation Improvement Districts." No district shall be created under this chapter after June 30, 1993.

It is the intent of the legislature to encourage the formation of transportation improvement districts in multicounty circumstances in order to facilitate regional transportation initiatives and to gain access to revenues in addition to general state and local taxes for the purpo…

As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates another meaning or intent: "Commission" means the governing body of the local district. "Cost" means all or any part of the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, alteration, landscaping, or enlargement of a public…

A. A transportation improvement district shall be created under this chapter only by the resolutions of the boards of supervisors of the adjoining counties, as defined in § 15.2-4602, upon the joint petition to each board of supervisors in which the proposed district is located o…

The powers of the local district created in accordance with this chapter shall be exercised by a commission composed of four of the elected members of each of the boards of supervisors of the counties in which it is located, appointed by their respective boards of supervisors. Th…

Within 30 days after the establishment of a district in accordance with the procedures provided in § 15.2-4603, the commission shall appoint a district advisory board of 12 members, consisting of: three members appointed by the board of supervisors of each participating county, e…

The commission shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To construct, reconstruct, alter, improve, and expand (i) any public mass transit system in the district or (ii) any primary highway located within the district having no more than two through travel lanes as of Januar…

Upon the written request of the district commission made concurrently to both boards of supervisors pursuant to subdivision 8 of § 15.2-4606, each board of supervisors may levy and collect an annual special improvements tax on taxable real estate zoned for commercial or industria…

A. The district may contract with the Commonwealth Transportation Board for the Board to perform any of the purposes of the district. The district may agree by contract to pay over all or a portion of the special improvements tax and all or a portion of the sums received pursuant…

Neither the creation of a district nor any other provision in this chapter shall affect the power, jurisdiction, or duties of the respective local governing bodies, sheriffs, treasurers, commissioners of the revenue, circuit, district, or other courts, clerks of any court, magist…

The board of supervisors of any county that has created a local district pursuant to § 15.2-4603 may advance funds, or provide matching funds, from money not otherwise specifically allocated or obligated, from whatever source received or generated, including without limitation ge…

The commission shall direct the district treasurer to reimburse the county or town from any funds of the district not otherwise specifically allocated or obligated, to the extent that a county or town has made advances.

Any local district created under the provisions of this chapter may enter into agreements with localities and other political subdivisions within the Commonwealth for joint or cooperative action in accordance with the authority contained in § 15.2-1300.

No pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed on the Commonwealth or on any county, town, or landowner therein because of any act, agreement, contract, tort, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance, by or on the part of a district created under this chapter or its agents, …

The district may not construct or improve a mass transit system or public highway without the approval of the Commonwealth Transportation Board and without the approval of each county in which the transportation improvement will be located. At the request of the commission, the C…

A. The district shall be enlarged by resolutions of the boards of supervisors of the participating counties upon the concurrent joint petitions of the commission and the owners of at least 51 percent of the land area of the district within each county, and of at least 51 percent …

A. Each district created under this chapter shall be subject to abolition on the later of (i) the date specified in the authorizing resolution or (ii) ninety days following the date on which all obligations of the district and the commission have been paid or fulfilled. A distric…

This chapter shall constitute full and complete authority for the district, without regard to the provisions of any other law, for the doing of the acts and things herein authorized. This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the Commonwealth and its inhabitants, shall be l…

All proceedings held in the creation of a district pursuant to § 15.2-4603 prior to March 1, 1988, are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed, and all such districts so created or attempted to be created pursuant to the provisions of Article 1 (§ 15.2-4600 et seq.) are declare…

This chapter shall be known as the "Transportation Improvement District in Individual Localities Act." No district shall be created under this chapter after June 30, 1993.

As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates another meaning or intent: "Commission" means the governing body of the local district. "Cost" means all or any part of the cost of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, alteration, landscaping, utilities, parking, or enl…

A. A transportation improvement district shall be created under this chapter only by the resolution of the local governing body of the locality in which the proposed district is located, upon the petition to the governing body (i) of the owners of at least 51 percent of either th…

A. The powers of the local district created in accordance with this chapter shall be exercised by a commission composed of three of the elected members of the local governing body of the locality in which it is located, appointed by such governing body. The Chairman of the Common…

Within 30 days after the establishment of a district in accordance with the procedures provided in § 15.2-4702, the local governing body shall appoint a district advisory board of seven members. All members shall reside on or own or represent commercially or industrially zoned la…

The commission shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To construct, reconstruct, alter, improve, and expand any public mass transit system or highway located within the district that is located in the county that comprises the district and that was not financed under the …