36-44 - Public hearing to create regional authority or change its area of operation, and findings. - Virginia Statutes

§ 36-44. Public hearing to create regional authority or change its area ofoperation, and findings.

The board of supervisors of a county shall not adopt any resolutionauthorized by §§ 36-40, 36-41 or 36-42 unless a public hearing has first beenheld. The clerk of such county shall give notice of the time, place, andpurpose of the public hearing at least ten days prior to the day on which thehearing is to be held, in a newspaper published in such county, or if thereis no newspaper published in such county, then in a newspaper published inthe Commonwealth and having a general circulation in such county. Upon thedate fixed for such public hearing an opportunity to be heard shall begranted to all residents of such county and to all other interested persons.

In determining whether dwelling accommodations are unsafe or insanitary theboard of supervisors of a county shall take into consideration the safety andsanitation of dwellings, the light and air space available to the inhabitantsof such dwellings, the degree of overcrowding, the size and arrangement ofthe rooms and the extent to which conditions exist in such dwellings whichendanger life or property by fire or other causes.

In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of otherobligations, a regional housing authority may covenant as to limitations onits right to adopt resolutions relating to the increase or decrease of itsarea of operation.

(1942, p. 320; Michie Code 1942, § 3145(4e).)