Virginia Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Agency 50 - COMMISSION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT › Chapter 20 - ORGANIZATION AND REGULATIONS OF PROCEDURE › Part IV - Information, Data, and Factors Relative to Mandatory Commission Reviews › Section 1VAC50-20-560 - Town-county agreements defining annexation rights

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
In developing its findings of fact and recommendations with
					 respect to a proposed town-county annexation agreement, the commission shall
					 consider the information, data, and factors listed in this section. Any town or
					 county presenting proposed annexation agreements to the commission under the
					 provisions of §
										15.2-3231
					 of the Code of Virginia shall submit with the proposed agreement data and other
					 evidence responsive to each element listed in this section that it deems
					 relevant.
1. A written metes and
				  bounds description of those areas of the county made eligible for annexation
				  under the proposed agreement having as a minimum, sufficient certainty to
				  enable a layman to identify those areas. The description may make reference to
				  readily identifiable monuments such as public roads, rivers, streams, railroad
				  rights of way, and similar discernible physical features.
2. A map showing (i) the boundaries of the
				  various areas eligible for annexation under the proposed agreement and their
				  relationship to existing political boundaries; (ii) identifiable unincorporated
				  communities; (iii) major streets, highways, schools, and other major public
				  facilities; (iv) significant geographic features, including mountains and
				  bodies of water; (v) existing uses of the land, including residential,
				  commercial, industrial, and agricultural; and (vi) information deemed relevant
				  as to the possible future use of the property in the areas affected by the
				  proposed agreement.
3. A land-use
				  table showing both the acreage and percentage of land currently devoted to the
				  various categories of land use in the town, the county, and the areas of the
				  county affected by the agreement.
4. The past, the estimated current, and the
				  projected population of the town, the county, and those areas of the county
				  affected by the proposed agreement.
5. The past, the estimated current, and the
				  projected number of public school students enrolled in the public schools and
				  the number of school-age children living in the town, the county, and those
				  areas of the county affected by the proposed agreement.
6. The assessed property values, by major
				  classification and, if appropriate, the ratios of assessed values to true
				  values for real property, personal property, machinery and tools, merchants'
				  capital, and public service corporation property for the current and preceding
				  10 years for the town, and the county, and similar data for the current year in
				  those areas of the county affected by the proposed agreement.
7. The need of the municipality to expand its
				  tax resources, including its real estate and personal property tax
				  base.
8. The need of the
				  municipality to obtain land for industrial, commercial, and residential
				  development.
9. The current and
				  prospective need for additional urban services in the areas of its county
				  subject to annexation under the agreement.
10. Plans for the immediate and future
				  improvement of areas annexed under the terms of the agreement, including the
				  extension of public utilities and other services.
11. The commission's staff shall endeavor to
				  assist localities contemplating or involved in town-county agreements defining
				  annexation rights by identifying additional data elements considered by the
				  commission to be relevant in the disposition of the issues.
Statutory Authority: §
												15.2-2903
						of the Code of Virginia.