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This law was first created in 1964. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 378 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. Unfortunately, the 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1966, chapter 81; in 2006, chapter 784<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76094,"section_number":"36-27.2","catch_line":"Limitations on certain housing authorities; exception","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-27.2\/"},{"id":58361,"section_number":"36-48.1","catch_line":"Creation of Conservation Areas","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-48.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":57998,"section_number":"36-50.1","catch_line":"Extension of general powers for actions taken pursuant to a conservation plan","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-50.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":208571,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64498,"identifier":"36-51.1","token":"36\/1\/7\/36-51.1","url":"\/36-51.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-51.1\/","token":"36\/1\/7\/36-51.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Requirements for “conservation plan” generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-51.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

An authority<\/span> shall not implement any conservation plan under this law<\/span> until the governing body of the locality<\/span> has approved a conservation plan, which provides an outline for the conservation, development or redevelopment of the conservation area<\/span>, affording maximum opportunity for conservation, rehabilitation or redevelopment by nongovernmental persons or entities consistent with the ends to be achieved, and is sufficiently complete to indicate (i) its relationship to definite local objectives as to appropriate land uses and improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities and other public improvements; (ii) any conditions and limitations on acquisition of property; (iii) proposed land uses for the properties to be acquired; (iv) any conditions and limitations, including time limitation, under which property shall be made available for rehabilitation or redevelopment by public enterprise or nongovernmental persons or entities (by sale, lease or retention by the authority<\/span> itself); (v) standards of design, construction, maintenance, and use of property and other measures to be taken or recommended toward elimination and prevention of blight and deterioration; (vi) the method for the temporary relocation of any persons living in the conservation area<\/span> who will be displaced in accordance with the plan, as well as the method of providing (unless already available) decent, safe and sanitary dwellings in such city<\/span> or county<\/span> substantially equal in number to the number of substandard dwellings to be cleared from the conservation area<\/span>, at rents within the financial reach of the income groups displaced from such substandard dwellings; (vii) any limitation on the length of time within which project activities can be undertaken; (viii) a procedure for administrative review of the determination at staff level and prior to a final determination by the authority<\/span> under \u00a7 36-50.1<\/a> that an individual property is in violation of project standards and, therefore, subject to condemnation; and (ix) the procedure by which such conservation plan may be amended.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIREMENTS FOR “CONSERVATION PLAN” GENERALLY (\u00a7 36-51.1)\n\nAn authority shall not implement any conservation plan under this law until the\ngoverning body of the locality has approved a conservation plan, which provides\nan outline for the conservation, development or redevelopment of the\nconservation area, affording maximum opportunity for conservation,\nrehabilitation or redevelopment by nongovernmental persons or entities\nconsistent with the ends to be achieved, and is sufficiently complete to\nindicate (i) its relationship to definite local objectives as to appropriate\nland uses and improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities,\nrecreational and community facilities and other public improvements; (ii) any\nconditions and limitations on acquisition of property; (iii) proposed land uses\nfor the properties to be acquired; (iv) any conditions and limitations,\nincluding time limitation, under which property shall be made available for\nrehabilitation or redevelopment by public enterprise or nongovernmental persons\nor entities (by sale, lease or retention by the authority itself); (v) standards\nof design, construction, maintenance, and use of property and other measures to\nbe taken or recommended toward elimination and prevention of blight and\ndeterioration; (vi) the method for the temporary relocation of any persons\nliving in the conservation area who will be displaced in accordance with the\nplan, as well as the method of providing (unless already available) decent, safe\nand sanitary dwellings in such city or county substantially equal in number to\nthe number of substandard dwellings to be cleared from the conservation area, at\nrents within the financial reach of the income groups displaced from such\nsubstandard dwellings; (vii) any limitation on the length of time within which\nproject activities can be undertaken; (viii) a procedure for administrative\nreview of the determination at staff level and prior to a final determination by\nthe authority under \u00a7 36-50.1 that an individual property is in violation of\nproject standards and, therefore, subject to condemnation; and (ix) the\nprocedure by which such conservation plan may be amended.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 378; 1966, c. 81; 2006, c. 784.","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}}