CODE OF VIRGINIA

HEARING; NOTICE (§ 15.2-5156)

A. An ordinance or resolution creating a community development authority shall
not be adopted or approved until a public hearing has been held by the governing
body on the question of its adoption or approval. Notice of the public hearing
shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of
general circulation within the locality. The petitioning landowners shall bear
the expense of publishing the notice. The hearing shall not be held sooner than
ten days after completion of publication of the notice.

B. After the public hearing and before adoption of the ordinance or resolution,
the local governing body shall mail a true copy of its proposed ordinance or
resolution creating the development authority to the petitioning landowners or
their attorney in fact. Unless waived in writing, any petitioning landowner
shall have thirty days from mailing of the proposed ordinance or resolution in
which to withdraw his signature from the petition in writing prior to the vote
of the local governing body on such ordinance or resolution. If any signatures
on the petition are so withdrawn, the local governing body may pass the proposed
ordinance or resolution only upon certification by the petitioners that the
petition continues to meet the requirements of § 15.2-5152. If all petitioning
landowners waive the right to withdraw their signatures from the petition, the
local governing body may adopt the ordinance or resolution upon compliance with
the provisions of subsection A and any other applicable provisions of law.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 15-764.3; 1950, p. 1315; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1241;
1972, c. 370; 1973, c. 478; 1993, c. 850; 1995, c. 402; 1996, c. 897; 1997, c.
587; 1998, c. 188.