HOUSE BILL NO. 1121 Offered January 11, 2006 Prefiled January 11, 2006 A BILL to amend and reenact § 4.1-1 of Chapter 52 of the Acts of Assembly of 1968, which provided a charter for the Town of Purcellville, relating to board of architectural review. ---------- Patron-- May ---------- Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 4.1-1 of Chapter 52 of the Acts of Assembly of 1968 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 who, at least four of whom shall be residents of the town, and who shall be representative of the following professions or interests: architecture, landscape architecture, urban or town planning, historic preservation, and a citizen representative.

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.