CODE OF VIRGINIA

ACQUISITION OF EASEMENTS (§ 15.2-726)

A. The board is hereby authorized, without limiting its authority to acquire by
other means, to acquire by gift or purchase easements in gross or such other
interest in real estate as are designed to maintain (i) the character and use of
improved real property as rental property and not in a cooperative or
condominium form of ownership or (ii) the market rents of a portion of the units
in any multi-family residential property at a percentage of the market rent for
the remaining units in the multi-family residential property, such percentages
to be defined and stated in the easement; however, no property or interest
therein shall be acquired by eminent domain by any public body for the purposes
of provision (ii). However, this provision shall not limit the power of eminent
domain as it was possessed by any public body prior to passage of provision
(ii). Any such interest shall be for the minimum period specified by the county
board and may be perpetual.

B. The county manager is hereby authorized to acquire, on behalf of the board,
temporary construction easements, provided that such easements are (i) required
for a construction project authorized by the board; (ii) of a duration that will
end before or upon the completion of the project; and (iii) for nominal
consideration.

HISTORY: 1983, c. 364, § 15.1-687.4; 1991, c. 143; 1997, c. 587; 2004, cc. 22,
510.