15.2-5156 - Hearing; notice.
§ 15.2-5156. Hearing; notice.
A. An ordinance or resolution creating a community development authorityshall not be adopted or approved until a public hearing has been held by thegoverning body on the question of its adoption or approval. Notice of thepublic hearing shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in anewspaper of general circulation within the locality. The petitioninglandowners shall bear the expense of publishing the notice. The hearing shallnot be held sooner than ten days after completion of publication of thenotice.
B. After the public hearing and before adoption of the ordinance orresolution, the local governing body shall mail a true copy of its proposedordinance or resolution creating the development authority to the petitioninglandowners or their attorney in fact. Unless waived in writing, anypetitioning landowner shall have thirty days from mailing of the proposedordinance or resolution in which to withdraw his signature from the petitionin writing prior to the vote of the local governing body on such ordinance orresolution. If any signatures on the petition are so withdrawn, the localgoverning body may pass the proposed ordinance or resolution only uponcertification by the petitioners that the petition continues to meet therequirements of § 15.2-5152. If all petitioning landowners waive the right towithdraw their signatures from the petition, the local governing body mayadopt the ordinance or resolution upon compliance with the provisions ofsubsection A and any other applicable provisions of law.
(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.)