Lucy v. County of Albemarle

In these consolidated appeals, we consider whether a citizen-initiated petition for reversion of an independent city to town status under Code § 15.2-4102 (formerly Code § 15.1-965.10(B)) was properly filed in the circuit court prior to the notice specified in Code § 15.2-2907(A) (formerly Code § 15.1-945.7(A)) being given to the Commission on Local Government and the affected local governments.

The parties do not dispute the legislative history of these and other relevant statutes or the procedural posture of the cases. However, the specific statutes in question are in apparent conflict and…