| Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Author | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 051708 | - - | - - | June 8, 2006 | Lacy | 2006 |
Citation: Norfolk Housing v. C and C Real Estate, 630 S.E.2d 505, 272 Va. 2, 2006 Va. LEXIS 59 (2006).
Holding
This appeal pertains to the dismissal of a housing authority’s petition to acquire property by condemnation pursuant to the authority’s conservation plan.
Code § 36-49.1 authorizes localities to prepare, adopt, and execute conservation plans to identify and rehabilitate “slum, blighted, deteriorated or deteriorating areas” within the locality. Pursuant to this authority, the Norfolk City Council adopted a resolution in 1987 commissioning the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (the Authority) to examine blighted and deteriorating land in the North Church Street area of Norfolk to determine whether conservation was possible. The following year, after a public hearing, the City Council adopted the conservation plan (the Plan) recommended by the Authority. See Code § 36-49.1(8).
