{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/36-168.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/36-168.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/36-168.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/36-168.html"}],"law_id":68402,"edition_id":1,"section_id":68402,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-168","catch_line":"Local incentives","history":"2000, cc. 789, 795.","full_text":"A\n\nIn making an application for designation as a housing revitalization zone, the applying locality or localities may propose local tax incentives, including, but not limited to: (i) reduction of permit fees; (ii) reduction of user fees; (iii) partial exemption from taxation of substantially rehabilitated real estate pursuant to § 58.1-3221; and (iv) use of public funds to improve living conditions in housing revitalization zones such as code enforcement, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. The extent and duration of such incentive proposals shall conform to the requirements of the Constitution of Virginia and the Constitution of the United States. In making application for designation as a housing revitalization zone, such application may also contain proposals for regulatory flexibility, including, but not limited to: (i) special zoning districts; (ii) permit process reform; (iii) exemptions from local ordinances as permitted under the Constitution of Virginia and the Code of Virginia; and (iv) other public incentives proposed in the locality’s application, which shall be binding upon the locality upon designation of the housing revitalization zone.B\n\nA locality may establish eligibility criteria for local incentives for qualified business firms and qualified owner occupants that are the same as, or more stringent than, the criteria for eligibility for grants or other benefits provided by this chapter.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":247686,"text":"In making an application for designation as a housing revitalization zone, the applying locality or localities may propose local tax incentives, including, but not limited to: (i) reduction of permit fees; (ii) reduction of user fees; (iii) partial exemption from taxation of substantially rehabilitated real estate pursuant to § 58.1-3221; and (iv) use of public funds to improve living conditions in housing revitalization zones such as code enforcement, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. The extent and duration of such incentive proposals shall conform to the requirements of the Constitution of Virginia and the Constitution of the United States. In making application for designation as a housing revitalization zone, such application may also contain proposals for regulatory flexibility, including, but not limited to: (i) special zoning districts; (ii) permit process reform; (iii) exemptions from local ordinances as permitted under the Constitution of Virginia and the Code of Virginia; and (iv) other public incentives proposed in the locality’s application, which shall be binding upon the locality upon designation of the housing revitalization zone.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":247687,"text":"A locality may establish eligibility criteria for local incentives for qualified business firms and qualified owner occupants that are the same as, or more stringent than, the criteria for eligibility for grants or other benefits provided by this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14292,"edition_id":1,"name":"Housing Revitalization Zone Act","identifier":"11","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12779,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:37","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:37","permalink":{"id":208853,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14292,"identifier":"11","token":"36\/11","url":"\/36\/11\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12779,"edition_id":1,"name":"Housing","identifier":"36","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":208257,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12779,"identifier":"36","token":"36","url":"\/36\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":72107,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-157","catch_line":"Short title","url":"\/36-157\/","token":"36\/11\/36-157","metadata":false},{"id":76636,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-158","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/36-158\/","token":"36\/11\/36-158","metadata":false},{"id":77604,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-159","catch_line":"Administration","url":"\/36-159\/","token":"36\/11\/36-159","metadata":false},{"id":67836,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-160","catch_line":"Housing revitalization zone designation","url":"\/36-160\/","token":"36\/11\/36-160","metadata":false},{"id":60214,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-161","catch_line":"Expansion of housing revitalization zones","url":"\/36-161\/","token":"36\/11\/36-161","metadata":false},{"id":55563,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-162","catch_line":"Application review","url":"\/36-162\/","token":"36\/11\/36-162","metadata":false},{"id":68705,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-163","catch_line":"Sale of public land","url":"\/36-163\/","token":"36\/11\/36-163","metadata":false},{"id":68002,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-164","catch_line":"Rules and regulations","url":"\/36-164\/","token":"36\/11\/36-164","metadata":false},{"id":82521,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-165","catch_line":"Eligibility","url":"\/36-165\/","token":"36\/11\/36-165","metadata":false},{"id":85812,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-166","catch_line":"Housing revitalization zone grants","url":"\/36-166\/","token":"36\/11\/36-166","metadata":false},{"id":84762,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-167","catch_line":"Housing Revitalization Zone Fund established","url":"\/36-167\/","token":"36\/11\/36-167","metadata":false},{"id":68402,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-168","catch_line":"Local incentives","url":"\/36-168\/","token":"36\/11\/36-168","metadata":false},{"id":87457,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-169","catch_line":"Review and termination of housing revitalization zone","url":"\/36-169\/","token":"36\/11\/36-169","metadata":false},{"id":66991,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-170","catch_line":"Incremental revenues appropriated to housing revitalization zone","url":"\/36-170\/","token":"36\/11\/36-170","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":84762,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-167","catch_line":"Housing Revitalization Zone Fund established","url":"\/36-167\/","token":"36\/11\/36-167","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":87457,"structure_id":14292,"section_number":"36-169","catch_line":"Review and termination of housing revitalization zone","url":"\/36-169\/","token":"36\/11\/36-169","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/36-168\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 789<\/a> and 795<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79170,"section_number":"58.1-3221","catch_line":"Partial exemption for certain rehabilitated, renovated or replacement commercial or industrial structures","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3221\/"}],"permalink":{"id":208899,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68402,"identifier":"36-168","token":"36\/11\/36-168","url":"\/36-168\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-168\/","token":"36\/11\/36-168","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local incentives","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-168","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> In making an application for designation as a housing revitalization zone<\/span>, the applying locality or localities may propose local tax incentives, including, but not limited to: (i) reduction of permit fees; (ii) reduction of user fees; (iii) partial exemption from taxation of substantially rehabilitated real estate pursuant to § 58.1-3221<\/a>; and (iv) use of public funds<\/span> to improve living conditions in housing revitalization zones<\/span> such as code enforcement, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. The extent and duration of such incentive proposals shall conform to the requirements of the Constitution of Virginia and the Constitution of the United States. In making application for designation as a housing revitalization zone<\/span>, such application may also contain proposals for regulatory flexibility, including, but not limited to: (i) special zoning districts; (ii) permit process reform; (iii) exemptions from local ordinances<\/span> as permitted under the Constitution of Virginia and the Code of Virginia; and (iv) other public incentives proposed in the locality’s application, which shall be binding upon the locality upon designation of the housing revitalization zone<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A locality may establish eligibility criteria for local incentives for qualified business firms<\/span> and qualified owner occupants<\/span> that are the same as, or more stringent than, the criteria for eligibility for grants or other benefits provided by this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL INCENTIVES (\u00a7 36-168)\n\nA. In making an application for designation as a housing revitalization zone,\nthe applying locality or localities may propose local tax incentives, including,\nbut not limited to: (i) reduction of permit fees; (ii) reduction of user fees;\n(iii) partial exemption from taxation of substantially rehabilitated real estate\npursuant to § 58.1-3221; and (iv) use of public funds to improve living\nconditions in housing revitalization zones such as code enforcement, public\nsafety, and infrastructure improvements. The extent and duration of such\nincentive proposals shall conform to the requirements of the Constitution of\nVirginia and the Constitution of the United States. In making application for\ndesignation as a housing revitalization zone, such application may also contain\nproposals for regulatory flexibility, including, but not limited to: (i) special\nzoning districts; (ii) permit process reform; (iii) exemptions from local\nordinances as permitted under the Constitution of Virginia and the Code of\nVirginia; and (iv) other public incentives proposed in the locality’s\napplication, which shall be binding upon the locality upon designation of the\nhousing revitalization zone.\n\nB. A locality may establish eligibility criteria for local incentives for\nqualified business firms and qualified owner occupants that are the same as, or\nmore stringent than, the criteria for eligibility for grants or other benefits\nprovided by this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 789, 795.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}