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1997 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.02, as amended, of Chapter 323 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950 is amended and reenacted and that such chapter is amended by adding a chapter numbered 19A, consisting of sections numbered 19A.01 through 19A.03, as follows:
§ 18.02. The city is hereby authorized to acquire by condemnation
proceedings lands, buildings, structures and personal property or any interest,
right, easement or estate therein, of any person or corporation, whenever in
the opinion of the council a public necessity exists therefor, which
in accordance with the purposes and procedures set forth in the Code of
Virginia, and for the public purpose of the purchase, clearing, renovation,
rehabilitation, disposition or resale for development of properties within the
city which are necessary for the public welfare, public uses and public
purposes, including the stimulation and promotion of industrial and economic
development. This condemnation authority includes the necessary public purpose
of economic redevelopment of land zoned commercial or industrial only and does
not include residentially zoned property. Such condemnation authority for
commercial and industrial redevelopment shall not be used to acquire property
on which an established business is currently operating or has been operating
during the previous six months. The specific public purpose for
condemnation shall be expressed in the resolution or ordinance directing
such acquisition, and whenever the city cannot agree on terms of purchase or
settlement with the owners of the subject of such acquisition because of the
incapacity of such owner, or because of the inability to agree on the
compensation to be paid or other terms of settlement or purchase, or because
the owner or some one of the owners is a nonresident of the State or cannot
with reasonable diligence be found in the State, or is unknown.
Such proceedings shall be instituted in the court of appropriate jurisdiction.
§ 19A.01. Industrial Development Authority.
The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Falls Church, Virginia, shall be continued in full force and effect, and nothing in this charter shall in any way limit, change, or modify any existing obligations, agreements or contractual arrangements of such authority.
§ 19A.02. Economic Development Authority.
The City of Falls Church Economic Development Authority shall be continued in full force and effect, and nothing in this charter shall in any way limit, change, or modify any existing obligations, agreements or contractual arrangements of such authority.
§ 19A.03. Powers, etc.
The Industrial Development Authority of Falls Church, Virginia, and the Falls Church Economic Development Authority shall have all powers, authority and obligations as are provided by state law and such other duties assigned by the city council not inconsistent therewith.
2. That the provisions of this act amending § 18.02 of the Acts of Assembly of 1950, as amended, shall not become effective unless reenacted by the 1998 Session of the General Assembly.