§ 15.2-4307. Planning commission review of application; notice; hearing
Upon the receipt of an application for a district or for an addition to an existing district, the local governing body shall refer such application to the planning commission which shall:
1. Provide notice of the application by publishing a notice in a newspaper having general circulation within the district and by providing for the posting of such notice in five conspicuous places within the district. The planning commission shall notify, by first-class mail, adjacent property owners as shown on the maps of the locality used for tax assessment purposes. The notice shall contain: (i) a statement that an application for a district has been filed with the local governing body and referred to the local planning commission 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 that the notice is first published; (iv) a statement that any owner of additional qualifying land may join the application within thirty days from the date the notice is first published 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 § 15.2-4309; (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; (vii) a statement that the application and proposed modifications will be submitted to the advisory committee; and (viii) a statement that, upon receipt of the report of the advisory committee, a public hearing will be held by the planning commission on the application and any proposed modifications;
2. Refer such application and proposed modifications to the advisory committee;
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's planning policies and objectives;
4. Hold a public hearing as prescribed by law; and
5. Publish in a newspaper having general circulation within the district a notice describing the district or addition, any proposed modifications and any recommendations of the planning commission and the advisory committee and send the notice by first-class mail to adjacent property owners and to those political subdivisions whose territory encompasses all or is any part of the district or addition.
(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.)
Sections: Previous 15.2-4300 15.2-4301 15.2-4302 15.2-4303 15.2-4304 15.2-4305 15.2-4306 15.2-4307 15.2-4308 15.2-4309 15.2-4310 15.2-4311 15.2-4312 15.2-4313 15.2-4314 NextLast modified: April 16, 2009