Code of Virginia - Title 15.2 Counties, Cities And Towns - Chapter 41 Transition Of City To Town Status

15.2-4100 City may change to town status
A city may change to town status in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (1988, c. 881, § 15.1-965.9; 1997, c. 587.) ...

15.2-4101 Ordinance petitioning court for town status; notice of motion
A. Any city in this Commonwealth with a population at the time of the latest United States decennial census of less than 50,000 people, after ...

15.2-4102 Citizen petition for town status
Voters equal in number to fifteen percent or more of the registered voters of the city as of January 1 of the year in which ...

15.2-4103 Parties
In any proceedings instituted under the provisions of this chapter, the adjoining county shall be made party to the case. Any qualified voter or property ...

15.2-4104 Time limit for intervenors; publication of order
The special court shall by order fix a time within which a qualified voter, property owner, political subdivision, or other interested party not served may ...

15.2-4105 Pretrial conference; matters considered
The special court shall, prior to hearing any case under this chapter, direct the attorneys for the parties to appear before it or, in its ...

15.2-4106 Hearing and decision by court
A. The special court shall enter an order granting town status if, after hearing the evidence, the court finds that: 1. The city has a ...

15.2-4107 Assistance of state agencies
The special court may, in its discretion, direct any appropriate state agency, in addition to the Commission on Local Government, to gather and present evidence, ...

15.2-4108 Appeals
Appeals may be granted by the Supreme Court of Virginia as provided in §§ 15.2-3221 and 15.2-3222, which shall apply mutatis mutandis. (1988, c. 881, ...

15.2-4109 Declining a grant of town status
In any proceedings brought under the provisions of this chapter, the governing body of the city, may, by ordinance or resolution, decline to accept eligibility ...

15.2-4110 Proceedings final for five years
In the event the special court determines the city to be ineligible for town status or in the event that town status is declined under ...

15.2-4111 Effective date of transition
The special court in its order granting town status shall specify the effective date of transition from city status to town status, but in no ...

15.2-4112 Charter for resulting town
A. If a proposed charter for the resulting town has been approved by the General Assembly for adoption pending order of the special court pursuant ...

15.2-4113 Restriction on subsequent change in status
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general or special, a town created under this chapter shall not return to its previous independent city status. (1996, ...

15.2-4114 Liabilities and assets of such city
Unless otherwise provided by agreement of the governing bodies of the city and county, or by order of the special court pursuant to § 15.2-4106, ...

15.2-4115 Effect when city becomes town; officers
When a city becomes a town under the provisions of this chapter, its ordinances shall become the ordinances of the town, insofar as they are ...

15.2-4116 Library aid continued
In any transition under the provisions of this chapter, if a regional library system existed between a former city and the county surrounding it, or ...

15.2-4117 Temporary restriction on annexation
For a period of two years from the effective date of a court order granting town status to a city making the transition from city ...

15.2-4118 Effect on pending suits
If at the time a city becomes a town under the provisions of this chapter there are any pending actions or proceedings by or against ...

15.2-4119 Effect on jurisdiction of courts
Upon the effective date of the transition from city to town status, all criminal prosecutions then pending therein, whether by indictment, warrant or other complaint, ...

15.2-4120 Court granting transition to town status to exist for ten years
A. The special court created pursuant to § 15.2-4101 shall not be dissolved after rendering a decision granting any motion or petition for transition to ...