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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69450</law_id><section_number>15.2-1801</section_number><catch_line>Acquisition of real property near parks or other public property</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="18">Buildings, Monuments and Lands Generally</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Purchase, Sale, etc., of Real Property</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may acquire pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Purchase, sale, use, etc., of real property" href="/15.2-1800/">15.2-1800</a> real property adjoining its parks, land on which its monuments are located, or other land used for public purposes; or real property in the vicinity of such parks, land on which its monuments are located or other public real property, which is used in such manner as to impair the beauty, usefulness or efficiency of such parks, land on which its monuments are located or other public real property. The <span class="dictionary">locality</span> so acquiring any such real property may subsequently dispose of the same, in whole or in part, making such limitations as to the uses thereof as it may see fit.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 15-703; 1962, c. 623, &#xA7; 15.1-277; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
