§ 15.2-2401. Creation of service districts by court order in consolidatedcities.
In any city which results from the consolidation of two or more localities,service districts may, in addition to the method prescribed in § 15.2-2400,be created by order of the circuit court for the city upon the petition offifty voters of the proposed district, which order shall prescribe the metesand bounds of the district.
Upon the filing of a petition the court shall fix a date for a hearing on thequestion of the proposed service district, which hearing shall embrace aconsideration of whether the property embraced within the proposed districtwill be benefited by the establishment thereof. Notice of such hearing shallbe published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper ofgeneral circulation within the city, and the hearing shall not be held soonerthan ten days after the last publication. Any person interested may answerthe petition and make defense thereto. If upon such hearing the court is ofopinion that any property embraced within the limits of such proposeddistrict will not be benefited by the establishment thereof, then suchproperty shall not be embraced therein.
Upon the petition of the city council and of not less than 50 voters of theterritory proposed to be added, or if such territory contains less than 100voters, of fifty percent of the voters of such territory, after notice andhearing as provided above, any service district may be extended and enlargedby order of the circuit court for the city which order shall prescribe themetes and bounds of the territory so added.
(Code 1950, § 15-8.2; 1962, c. 581, § 15.1-18.2; 1985, c. 150; 1988, c. 402;1990, c. 515; 1991, cc. 12, 29; 1992, cc. 232, 655; 1993, c. 744; 1994, c.166; 1996, c. 430; 1997, c. 587.)
§ 15.2-2401. Creation of service districts by court order in consolidatedcities.
In any city which results from the consolidation of two or more localities,service districts may, in addition to the method prescribed in § 15.2-2400,be created by order of the circuit court for the city upon the petition offifty voters of the proposed district, which order shall prescribe the metesand bounds of the district.
Upon the filing of a petition the court shall fix a date for a hearing on thequestion of the proposed service district, which hearing shall embrace aconsideration of whether the property embraced within the proposed districtwill be benefited by the establishment thereof. Notice of such hearing shallbe published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper ofgeneral circulation within the city, and the hearing shall not be held soonerthan ten days after the last publication. Any person interested may answerthe petition and make defense thereto. If upon such hearing the court is ofopinion that any property embraced within the limits of such proposeddistrict will not be benefited by the establishment thereof, then suchproperty shall not be embraced therein.
Upon the petition of the city council and of not less than 50 voters of theterritory proposed to be added, or if such territory contains less than 100voters, of fifty percent of the voters of such territory, after notice andhearing as provided above, any service district may be extended and enlargedby order of the circuit court for the city which order shall prescribe themetes and bounds of the territory so added.
(Code 1950, § 15-8.2; 1962, c. 581, § 15.1-18.2; 1985, c. 150; 1988, c. 402;1990, c. 515; 1991, cc. 12, 29; 1992, cc. 232, 655; 1993, c. 744; 1994, c.166; 1996, c. 430; 1997, c. 587.)
§ 15.2-2401. Creation of service districts by court order in consolidatedcities.
In any city which results from the consolidation of two or more localities,service districts may, in addition to the method prescribed in § 15.2-2400,be created by order of the circuit court for the city upon the petition offifty voters of the proposed district, which order shall prescribe the metesand bounds of the district.
Upon the filing of a petition the court shall fix a date for a hearing on thequestion of the proposed service district, which hearing shall embrace aconsideration of whether the property embraced within the proposed districtwill be benefited by the establishment thereof. Notice of such hearing shallbe published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper ofgeneral circulation within the city, and the hearing shall not be held soonerthan ten days after the last publication. Any person interested may answerthe petition and make defense thereto. If upon such hearing the court is ofopinion that any property embraced within the limits of such proposeddistrict will not be benefited by the establishment thereof, then suchproperty shall not be embraced therein.
Upon the petition of the city council and of not less than 50 voters of theterritory proposed to be added, or if such territory contains less than 100voters, of fifty percent of the voters of such territory, after notice andhearing as provided above, any service district may be extended and enlargedby order of the circuit court for the city which order shall prescribe themetes and bounds of the territory so added.
(Code 1950, § 15-8.2; 1962, c. 581, § 15.1-18.2; 1985, c. 150; 1988, c. 402;1990, c. 515; 1991, cc. 12, 29; 1992, cc. 232, 655; 1993, c. 744; 1994, c.166; 1996, c. 430; 1997, c. 587.)
