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The ordinance shall outline specific boundaries for the rehabilitation area, establish that the rehabilitation area is adjacent to a conservation area and include such properties as are in need of rehabilitation in such area.C\n\nAn authority is specifically empowered to encourage and assist property owners or occupants within the rehabilitation area so designated to improve their respective holdings, by suggesting improved standards for design, construction, maintenance, renovation and use of such properties and offering encouragement or assistance in other ways including the power to lend money and make grants to said owners or occupants, directed toward prevention and elimination of deteriorating conditions within such area.D\n\nIn executing the powers provided in subsection C, an authority shall have all of the rights, powers and immunities granted in connection with conservation or redevelopment plans pursuant to this chapter except the power to acquire property through the exercise of the power of eminent domain.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":307522,"text":"Whenever it appears to the governing body of any locality that a portion of such locality adjacent to an area embraced in a “conservation plan,” approved by such body pursuant to § 36-49.1, is in the early stages of deterioration and determines that if not rehabilitated such area is likely to continue to deteriorate and become eligible for designation as a conservation area, such governing body may create a rehabilitation area.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":307523,"text":"No rehabilitation area shall be effective until notice has been sent to the property owner or owners of record in such area in accordance with subsection B of § 36-27 and an ordinance approving such rehabilitation area has been adopted by the local governing body. 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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 360 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 2006, chapter 784<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":87214,"section_number":"36-27","catch_line":"Eminent domain","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-27\/"},{"id":68949,"section_number":"36-49.1","catch_line":"Adoption of Conservation Plans","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-49.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":208587,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85873,"identifier":"36-52.3","token":"36\/1\/7\/36-52.3","url":"\/36-52.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/36-52.3\/","token":"36\/1\/7\/36-52.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Adoption and designation of “rehabilitation area.”","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 36-52.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Whenever it appears to the governing body of any locality<\/span> that a portion of such locality<\/span> adjacent to an area embraced in a “conservation plan,” approved by such body pursuant to § 36-49.1<\/a>, is in the early stages of deterioration and determines that if not rehabilitated such area is likely to continue to deteriorate and become eligible for designation as a conservation area<\/span>, such governing body may create a rehabilitation area. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No rehabilitation area shall be effective until notice has been sent to the property owner or owners of record in such area in accordance with subsection B of § 36-27<\/a> and an ordinance<\/span> approving such rehabilitation area has been adopted by the local governing body. The ordinance<\/span> shall outline specific boundaries for the rehabilitation area, establish that the rehabilitation area is adjacent to a conservation area<\/span> and include such properties as are in need of rehabilitation in such area. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> An authority<\/span> is specifically empowered to encourage and assist property owners or occupants within the rehabilitation area so designated to improve their respective holdings, by suggesting improved standards for design, construction, maintenance, renovation and use of such properties and offering encouragement or assistance in other ways including the power to lend money and make grants to said owners or occupants, directed toward prevention and elimination of deteriorating conditions within such area. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> In executing the powers provided in subsection C, an authority<\/span> shall have all of the rights, powers and immunities granted in connection with conservation or redevelopment plans pursuant to this chapter except the power to acquire property through the exercise of the power of eminent domain. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nADOPTION AND DESIGNATION OF “REHABILITATION AREA.” (\u00a7 36-52.3)\n\nA. Whenever it appears to the governing body of any locality that a portion of\nsuch locality adjacent to an area embraced in a “conservation plan,”\napproved by such body pursuant to § 36-49.1, is in the early stages of\ndeterioration and determines that if not rehabilitated such area is likely to\ncontinue to deteriorate and become eligible for designation as a conservation\narea, such governing body may create a rehabilitation area.\n\nB. No rehabilitation area shall be effective until notice has been sent to the\nproperty owner or owners of record in such area in accordance with subsection B\nof § 36-27 and an ordinance approving such rehabilitation area has been\nadopted by the local governing body. The ordinance shall outline specific\nboundaries for the rehabilitation area, establish that the rehabilitation area\nis adjacent to a conservation area and include such properties as are in need of\nrehabilitation in such area.\n\nC. An authority is specifically empowered to encourage and assist property\nowners or occupants within the rehabilitation area so designated to improve\ntheir respective holdings, by suggesting improved standards for design,\nconstruction, maintenance, renovation and use of such properties and offering\nencouragement or assistance in other ways including the power to lend money and\nmake grants to said owners or occupants, directed toward prevention and\nelimination of deteriorating conditions within such area.\n\nD. In executing the powers provided in subsection C, an authority shall have all\nof the rights, powers and immunities granted in connection with conservation or\nredevelopment plans pursuant to this chapter except the power to acquire\nproperty through the exercise of the power of eminent domain.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 360; 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}}