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 the petition is filed may petition the circuit court for the city, stating that it is desirable that such city make the transition to town status. All of the signatures on the petition shall have been made and filed within a twelve-month period. A copy of the petition shall be served on the city attorney and the county attorney, or if there is none, on the attorney for the Commonwealth for the county and on the mayor of the city and the chairman of the board of supervisors of the adjoining counties. A copy of the petition shall be published at least once a week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the city and the adjoining county. The case shall proceed in all respects as though instituted in the manner prescribed in § 15.2-4101, and the court shall forthwith refer the petition to the Commission on Local Government for review pursuant to Chapter 29 (§ 15.2-2900 et seq.).
1988, c. 881, § 15.1-965.10; 1997, cc. 178, 587.
Structure 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
§ 15.2-4101. Ordinance petitioning court for town status; notice of motion
§ 15.2-4102. Citizen petition for town status
§ 15.2-4104. Time limit for intervenors; publication of order
§ 15.2-4105. Pretrial conference; matters considered
§ 15.2-4106. Hearing and decision by court
§ 15.2-4107. Assistance of state agencies
§ 15.2-4109. Declining a grant of town status
§ 15.2-4110. Proceedings final for five years
§ 15.2-4111. Effective date of transition
§ 15.2-4112. Charter for resulting town
§ 15.2-4113. Restriction on subsequent change in status
§ 15.2-4114. Liabilities and assets of such city
§ 15.2-4115. Effect when city becomes town; officers
§ 15.2-4115.1. Disposition of police department or sheriff's department motorcycles
§ 15.2-4116. Library aid continued
§ 15.2-4117. Temporary restriction on annexation
§ 15.2-4118. Effect on pending suits
§ 15.2-4119. Effect on jurisdiction of courts
§ 15.2-4120. Court granting transition to town status to exist for 10 years