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1996 SESSION

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HB 1316 Local government; subdivision ordinances on shrink-swell soil.

Introduced by: James F. Almand | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Local government; subdivision ordinances. Authorizes localities to require from a developer information on potentially expansive soils (shrink-swell) at the point of the subdivision review process. As a result, building officials would have soil information so as to require construction modification, if needed, on the proposed site. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Housing Study Commission.


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