Any benefited business may file a tourism improvement district plan with the clerk of a locality. The tourism improvement district plan shall contain the following:

Terms Used In Virginia Code 15.2-2413.2

  • Activities: means any programs or services provided for the purpose of conferring specific benefits upon the businesses that are located in the tourism improvement district and to which a fee is charged. See Virginia Code 15.2-2413.1
  • Administering nonprofit: means a private nonprofit entity that is under contract with a locality to administer or implement activities specified in the tourism improvement district plan. See Virginia Code 15.2-2413.1
  • Benefited business: includes one or more types of businesses, one or more segments of businesses, or businesses within one or more industries, as set forth in a tourism improvement district plan. See Virginia Code 15.2-2413.1
  • Fee: means a fee charged by a locality in accordance with a tourism improvement district plan. See Virginia Code 15.2-2413.1
  • Locality: means any county, city, or town in the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 15.2-2413.1
  • Majority share of benefited businesses: means one or more benefited businesses within a tourism improvement district or proposed tourism improvement district that cumulatively comprise a majority, based on the weighting methodology set forth in the tourism improvement district plan. See Virginia Code 15.2-2413.1
  • Tourism improvement district: means a district established by a locality under the provisions of this article. See Virginia Code 15.2-2413.1
  • Tourism improvement district plan: means a proposal for a tourism improvement district under the provisions of this article. See Virginia Code 15.2-2413.1

1. A map of the proposed tourism improvement district;

2. A description of the boundaries of the tourism improvement district proposed for establishment or extension in a manner sufficient to identify the businesses included;

3. The activities proposed and the projected cost thereof;

4. A description of how businesses included within the tourism improvement district will benefit;

5. The total estimated annual amount proposed to be expended for all costs relating to tourism improvement district operation and implementation of activities and the manner in which benefited businesses will be charged a fee;

6. The proposed source or sources of financing;

7. The proposed time for implementation and completion of the tourism improvement district plan;

8. The weighting methodology for calculating a majority share of benefited businesses for the tourism improvement district;

9. Any proposals for rules and regulations to be applicable to the tourism improvement district;

10. Identification of an entity, charged with promoting tourism in that locality or region, as the administering nonprofit; and

11. Any other item or matter that the locality requires to be included in the tourism improvement district plan.

2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 500.

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