VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2011 SESSION

• history | hilite | pdf | print version

CHAPTER 478 An Act to amend and reenact § 4.1-1, as amended, of Chapter 52 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958, which provided a charter for the Town of Purcellville, relating to board of architectural review. [H 2031] Approved March 24, 2011

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 4.1-1, as amended, of Chapter 52 of the Acts of Assembly of 1958 is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 4.1-1. Board of Architectural Review.

The council may appoint a Board of Architectural Review consisting of five members, at least four of whom shall be residents of the town and representative of the following professions or interests: architecture, landscape architecture, urban or town planning, historic preservation, and a citizen representative. However, the council may, in its discretion, appoint up to 7 members. Such additional members need not be residents of the town.

The terms of office of the members of the board shall be four years with terms being staggered initially such that one member shall be appointed for a term of one year, a second member appointed for a term of two years, a third member appointed for a term of three years and the remaining two members appointed for terms of four years. The terms of the members shall take effect on July 1, 2004.

The Board of Architectural Review shall be responsible for the review and implementation of architectural design standards for all commercial and overlay districts as approved by the town council. The application of the standards shall apply to new construction, exterior renovations, parking areas, signage, streetscapes, street and street intersection design and pedestrian ways.