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If the local governing body is unable or unwilling to provide the regulatory flexibility, tax incentives or other public incentives as proposed in the application for zone designation, the housing revitalization zone shall terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-166, qualified business firms and qualified owner occupants located in such housing revitalization zone shall be eligible to receive the grants provided by this chapter for a period of two years after the zone designation has terminated. No business firm or owner occupant may become a qualified business firm or qualified owner occupant after the date of zone termination. The governing body may amend its application with the approval of the Department, provided the governing body proposes an incentive equal to or superior to the unamended application.B\n\nThe Department shall periodically review the effectiveness of the grant program and local incentives in increasing investment in each housing revitalization zone. If no business firms or owner occupants in a housing revitalization zone have qualified for grants provided pursuant to this chapter within a five-year period, the Department shall terminate that housing revitalization zone designation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":313084,"text":"Upon designation of an area as a housing revitalization zone, the proposals for regulatory flexibility, tax incentives and other public incentives specified in this chapter shall be binding upon the local governing body to the extent and for the period of time specified in the application for zone designation. If the local governing body is unable or unwilling to provide the regulatory flexibility, tax incentives or other public incentives as proposed in the application for zone designation, the housing revitalization zone shall terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-166, qualified business firms and qualified owner occupants located in such housing revitalization zone shall be eligible to receive the grants provided by this chapter for a period of two years after the zone designation has terminated. No business firm or owner occupant may become a qualified business firm or qualified owner occupant after the date of zone termination. The governing body may amend its application with the approval of the Department, provided the governing body proposes an incentive equal to or superior to the unamended application.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":313085,"text":"The Department shall periodically review the effectiveness of the grant program and local incentives in increasing investment in each housing revitalization zone. 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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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2004, chapter 577<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":85812,"section_number":"36-166","catch_line":"Housing revitalization zone grants","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-166\/"}],"permalink":{"id":208903,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87457,"identifier":"36-169","token":"36\/11\/36-169","url":"\/36-169\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-169\/","token":"36\/11\/36-169","dublin_core":{"Title":"Review and termination of housing revitalization zone","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-169","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Upon designation of an area as a housing revitalization zone<\/span>, the proposals for regulatory flexibility, tax incentives and other public incentives specified in this chapter shall be binding upon the local governing body to the extent and for the period of time specified in the application for zone designation. If the local governing body is unable or unwilling to provide the regulatory flexibility, tax incentives or other public incentives as proposed in the application for zone designation, the housing revitalization zone<\/span> shall terminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-166<\/a>, qualified business firms<\/span> and qualified owner occupants<\/span> located in such housing revitalization zone<\/span> shall be eligible to receive the grants provided by this chapter for a period of two years after the zone designation has terminated. No business firm or owner occupant may become a qualified business firm<\/span> or qualified owner occupant<\/span> after the date of zone termination. The governing body may amend<\/span> its application with the approval of the Department<\/span>, provided the governing body proposes an incentive equal to or superior to the unamended application. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall periodically review the effectiveness of the grant program and local incentives in increasing investment in each housing revitalization zone<\/span>. If no business firms or owner occupants in a housing revitalization zone<\/span> have qualified for grants provided pursuant to this chapter within a five-year period, the Department<\/span> shall terminate that housing revitalization zone<\/span> designation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVIEW AND TERMINATION OF HOUSING REVITALIZATION ZONE (\u00a7 36-169)\n\nA. Upon designation of an area as a housing revitalization zone, the proposals\nfor regulatory flexibility, tax incentives and other public incentives specified\nin this chapter shall be binding upon the local governing body to the extent and\nfor the period of time specified in the application for zone designation. If the\nlocal governing body is unable or unwilling to provide the regulatory\nflexibility, tax incentives or other public incentives as proposed in the\napplication for zone designation, the housing revitalization zone shall\nterminate. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 36-166, qualified business\nfirms and qualified owner occupants located in such housing revitalization zone\nshall be eligible to receive the grants provided by this chapter for a period of\ntwo years after the zone designation has terminated. No business firm or owner\noccupant may become a qualified business firm or qualified owner occupant after\nthe date of zone termination. The governing body may amend its application with\nthe approval of the Department, provided the governing body proposes an\nincentive equal to or superior to the unamended application.\n\nB. The Department shall periodically review the effectiveness of the grant\nprogram and local incentives in increasing investment in each housing\nrevitalization zone. If no business firms or owner occupants in a housing\nrevitalization zone have qualified for grants provided pursuant to this chapter\nwithin a five-year period, the Department shall terminate that housing\nrevitalization zone designation.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 789, 795; 2004, c. 577.","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}}