                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC BODIES TO ACQUIRE OR DESIGNATE PROPERTY FOR USE AS
OPEN-SPACE LAND (§ 10.1-1701)

To carry out the purposes of this chapter, any public body may (i) acquire by
purchase, gift, devise, bequest, grant or otherwise title to or any interests or
rights of not less than five years&#8217; duration in real property that will
provide a means for the preservation or provision of open-space land and (ii)
designate any real property in which it has an interest of not less than five
years&#8217; duration to be retained and used for the preservation and provision
of open-space land. Any such interest may also be perpetual.
		The use of the real property for open-space land shall conform to the official
comprehensive plan for the area in which the property is located. No property or
interest therein shall be acquired by eminent domain by any public body for the
purposes of this chapter; however, this provision shall not limit the power of
eminent domain as it was possessed by any public body prior to the passage of
this chapter.

HISTORY: 1966, c. 461, § 10-152; 1974, c. 259; 1981, c. 64; 1988, c. 891.