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1995 SESSION
LD1889649Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.1-458 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.1-458. Maps to be prepared in counties and municipalities; what map shall show.
In counties or municipalities where no official map exists, or where an existing official map is incomplete, the local commission may make, or cause to be made, a map showing the location of any:
1. Legally established public street, alley, walkway, waterway, and public area of the county or municipality; and
2. Future or proposed public street, alley, walkway, waterway and public area.
No future or proposed street or street line, waterway, nor public area, shall be shown on an official map unless and until the centerline of such street, the course of such waterway, or the metes and bounds of such public area, have been fixed or determined in relation to known, fixed and permanent monuments by a physical survey or aerial photographic survey thereof. In addition to the centerline of each street, the map shall indicate the width of the right-of-way thereof. Local commissions are hereby empowered to make or cause to be made the surveys required herein.
After adoption by the governing body of an official map, the local governing body may acquire in any way permitted by law property which is or may be needed for the construction of any street, alley, walkway, waterway or public area shown on such map. If the owner of any such property applies to the county or municipality for any required development permit, the county or municipality may choose to exercise its condemnation powers to obtain the property rather than grant the requested development permit.