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To amend City Code ? 30-930.9, concerning additional rights of owners to demolish certain properties, to establish a civil penalty for the razing, demolition, or moving of historic landmarks as authorized by Va. Code ? 15.2-2306(F).
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That section ? 30-930.9 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020), be and is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 30-930.9. Additional rights of owners to demolish certain properties.
(a) Procedures. The following are procedures entitling owners to demolish properties:
(1) In addition to the right of appeal set forth in Section 30-930.8, the owner of a building or structure, the razing or demolition of which is subject to review under this division, shall, as a matter of right, be entitled to raze or demolish such building or structure provided that:
a. The owner has applied to the Commission of Architectural Review and, if denied, to the City Council for such right;
b. The owner has, for the period of time set forth in the time schedule established in subsection (b) of this section and at a price reasonably related to its fair market value, made a bona fide offer to sell such landmark, building or structure and the land pertaining thereto to the City or to any person, any other government body, firm or corporation which gives reasonable assurance that it is willing to preserve and restore the landmark, building or structure and the land pertaining thereto; and
c. No bona fide contract binding upon all parties thereto shall have been executed for the sale of any such landmark, building or structure and the land pertaining thereto prior to the expiration of the applicable time period set forth in the time schedule contained in subsection (b) of this section.
(2) Any appeal which may be taken to the court from the decision of the City Council, whether instituted by the owner or by any other proper party, notwithstanding the sections of this div...
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