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 1VAC50-20-601 - City-town transitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
In developing its findings of fact and recommendations with
					 respect to a proposed transition of a city to town status, the commission shall
					 consider the information, data, and factors listed in this section. Any city
					 filing notice with the commission that it proposes to become a town or any
					 petition for the transition of a city to town status that has been referred to
					 the commission by the court pursuant to § 15.2-4104 of the Code of Virginia
					 should be accompanied by data and other evidence responsive to each element
					 listed in this section that is relevant to the proposed transition.
1. Map or maps showing (i) the boundaries of
				  the city proposed for transition and their geographic relationship to other
				  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 within the city, including residential, commercial, industrial, and
				  agricultural; and (vi) information deemed relevant as to the possible future
				  use of the land within the city.
2.
				  The past, the estimated current, and the projected future population and
				  population of the city and the county affected by the proposed transition, and
				  the estimated density of the city and the affected county.
3. A land-use table showing both the acreage
				  and percentage of land currently devoted to the various categories of land use
				  in the city and the county affected by the proposed transition.
4. The past, the estimated current, and a
				  five-year projection of the future number of public school students enrolled in
				  the public schools and the number of school-age children living in the city and
				  the county affected by the proposed transition.
5. The assessed values, by major
				  classification for real property, personal property, machinery and tools,
				  merchants' capital, and public service corporation property for the current
				  year and the preceding 10 years for the city and for the county affected by the
				  proposed transition.
6. The current
				  local property and nonproperty tax rates, and the rates for the preceding 10
				  years, applicable within the city and the county affected by the proposed
				  transition.
7. The estimated
				  current local revenue collections (including receipts from real property,
				  personal property, machinery and tools, consumer utility, sales taxes, etc.,
				  and receipts from nontax sources) and intergovernmental aid, and the
				  collections and aid for the preceding 10 years, for the city and the county
				  affected by the proposed transition.
8. The identification of those services
				  performed by the city that are proposed for assumption by the county as a
				  result of the proposed transition, the number of customers or recipients of
				  each service within the city that would be served by the county subsequent to
				  the transition, and the aggregate annual cost to the county for the provision
				  of services within the city.
9. The
				  identification of those services that would be provided by the town subsequent
				  to the proposed reversion, the number of recipients of each service within the
				  municipality, and the aggregate annual cost to the proposed town for the
				  provision of services.
10. The
				  identification of those city-owned facilities that are proposed for transfer to
				  the county, the identification of those that would be retained by the proposed
				  town, and the current fair market value and the outstanding city debt
				  attributable to each facility.
11.
				  The current outstanding debt of the city, the applicable portion of debt stated
				  as a percentage of the city's constitutional debt limit, and the current
				  schedule for the retirement of all municipal debt.
12. The identification of that portion of the
				  city's indebtedness that is proposed for transfer to the county and the
				  purposes for which the debt has been incurred.
13. Estimates of the annual amount of tax and
				  nontax revenues to be collected by the county within the municipality
				  subsequent to the proposed transition.
14. Estimates of the annual additional amount
				  of intergovernmental aid to be received by the county as a result of the
				  proposed transition.
15. An
				  estimate of the net aggregate fiscal impact of the proposed transition on the
				  county during the initial year subsequent to the transition and during each of
				  the ensuing five years.
16. An
				  estimate of the adjustment required in the county's real property tax rate,
				  assuming that the net aggregate fiscal impact on the county resulting from the
				  transition is addressed solely by an adjustment in the rate.
17. An estimate of the net aggregate fiscal
				  impact of the proposed transition on the city during the initial year
				  subsequent to the transition and during each of the ensuing five
				  years.
18. An estimate of the
				  adjustment required in the municipality's real property tax rate, assuming that
				  the net aggregate fiscal impact on the city resulting from the transition is
				  addressed solely by an adjustment in the rate.
19. The effect of the proposed transition on
				  compliance with and the promotion of applicable state policies with respect to
				  environmental protection, public planning, education, public transportation,
				  housing, and other state service policies declared by the General
				  Assembly.
20. Specification of the
				  terms and conditions that should be established by the court to balance the
				  equities between the city and the county; protect the best interests of the
				  affected localities, their residents, and the Commonwealth; and ensure an
				  orderly transition of the city to town status.
21. The commission's staff shall endeavor to
				  assist the parties involved in proceedings for the transition of a city to town
				  status by identifying additional data elements considered by the commission to
				  be relevant in the disposition of city to town transition issues.
Statutory Authority
§ 15.2-2903 of the Code of Virginia.