15.2-2002 - Acquisitions in connection with public right-of-way changes. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-2002. Acquisitions in connection with public right-of-way changes.

Every locality proposing to open or widen any public right-of-way by taking apart of any lot or other subdivision of property in such manner that theremnant thereof would, in the opinion of the governing body, be so small orof such shape as to be unsuited for the erection of appropriate buildingsthereon may acquire, as permitted by § 15.2-1800, the whole of the lot orother subdivision of property. Any such acquisition is declared to be for apublic use, as the term public uses is used in Article I, Section 11 of theConstitution of Virginia. The locality may subsequently replat and dispose ofthe remnant of such property not used for right-of-way purposes in whole orin part, limiting the uses thereof as it may see fit. Nothing in this sectionshall be construed to give any locality any power to condemn the property ofany railroad company or public service corporation which it does nototherwise possess under existing law.

(Code 1950, § 15-771; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-372; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 1; 1997,c. 587.)