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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 222; in 2006, chapter 784<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1435593,"object_type":"law","relational_id":360725,"identifier":"36-53","token":"36\/1\/7\/36-53","url":"\/36-53\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-53\/","token":"36\/1\/7\/36-53","dublin_core":{"Title":"Making property available for conservation or redevelopment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-53","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An authority<\/span> may make land in a conservation or redevelopment area<\/span> available for purchase or use by nongovernmental persons or entities or public agencies in accordance with the conservation or redevelopment plan. Such land may be made available at its fair value, which represents the value at which the authority<\/span> determines such land should be made available in order<\/span> that it may be developed, conserved or redeveloped for the purposes specified in such plan.<\/p>

To assure that land acquired in a conservation or redevelopment area<\/span> is used in accordance with the conservation or redevelopment plan, an authority<\/span>, upon the sale or lease of such land, shall obligate purchasers or lessees: (1) to use the land for the purpose designated in the conservation or redevelopment plan; (2) to begin the building of their improvements within a period of time which the authority<\/span> fixes as reasonable; and (3) to comply with such other conditions as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Any such obligations by the purchaser shall be covenants and conditions running with the land where the authority<\/span> so stipulates.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAKING PROPERTY AVAILABLE FOR CONSERVATION OR REDEVELOPMENT (\u00a7 36-53)\n\nAn authority may make land in a conservation or redevelopment area available for\npurchase or use by nongovernmental persons or entities or public agencies in\naccordance with the conservation or redevelopment plan. Such land may be made\navailable at its fair value, which represents the value at which the authority\ndetermines such land should be made available in order that it may be developed,\nconserved or redeveloped for the purposes specified in such plan.\n\nTo assure that land acquired in a conservation or redevelopment area is used in\naccordance with the conservation or redevelopment plan, an authority, upon the\nsale or lease of such land, shall obligate purchasers or lessees: (1) to use the\nland for the purpose designated in the conservation or redevelopment plan; (2)\nto begin the building of their improvements within a period of time which the\nauthority fixes as reasonable; and (3) to comply with such other conditions as\nare necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Any such obligations by\nthe purchaser shall be covenants and conditions running with the land where the\nauthority so stipulates.\n\nHISTORY: 1946, p. 280; Michie Suppl. 1946, \u00a7 3145(8f); 1970, c. 222; 2006, c.\n784.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}