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<br /> designation , whichever occurs first .
<br /> ( b ), The governing board of any municipality may enact an
<br /> ordinance to prevent the demolition by neglect of any designated
<br /> landmark or any building or structure within an established
<br /> historic district . Such ordinance shall provide appropriate
<br /> safeguards to protect property owners from undue economic
<br /> hardship .
<br /> ( c ) An application for a certificate of appropriateness
<br /> authorizing the demolition or destruction of a building , site , or
<br /> structure determined by the State Historic Preservation Officer
<br /> as having statewide significance as defined in the criteria of
<br /> the National Register of Historic Places may be denied except
<br /> where the commission finds that the owner would suffer extreme
<br /> hardship or be permanently deprived of all beneficial use or
<br /> return by virtue of the denial . ( 1989 , c . 706 , s . 2 ; 1991 , c .
<br /> 514 . )
<br /> Part 4 . Acquisition of Open Space ,
<br /> 160A- 401 . Legislative intent .
<br /> It is the intent of the General Assembly in enacting this
<br /> Part to provide a means whereby any county or city may acquire ,
<br /> by purchase , gift , grant , bequest , devise , lease , or otherwise ,
<br /> and through the expenditure of . public funds , the fee or any
<br /> lesser interest or right in real property in order to preserve ,
<br /> through limitation of their future use , open spaces and areas for
<br /> public use and enjoyment . ( 1963 , c . 1129 , s . 1 ; 1971 , c . 698 , s .
<br /> l . )
<br /> § 160A- 402 . Finding of necessity .
<br /> The General Assembly finds that the rapid growth and spread
<br /> of urban development in the State is encroaching upon , or
<br /> eliminating , many open areas and spaces of varied size and
<br /> character , including many having significant scenic or esthetic
<br /> values , which areas and spaces if preserved and maintained in
<br /> their present open state would constitute important physical ,
<br /> social , esthetic , or economic assets to existing and impending
<br /> urban development . The General Assembly declares that it is
<br /> necessary for sound and proper urban development and in the
<br /> public interest of the people of this State for any county or
<br /> city to expend or advance public funds for , or to accept by
<br /> purchase , gift , grant , bequest , devise , lease , or otherwise , the
<br /> fee or any lesser interest or right in real property so as to
<br /> acquire , maintain , improve , protect , limit the future use of , or
<br /> otherwise conserve open spaces and areas within their respective
<br /> jurisdictions as defined by this Article .
<br /> The General Assembly declares that the acquisition of
<br /> interests or rights in real property for the preservation of open
<br /> spaces and areas constitutes a public purpose for which public
<br /> funds may be expended or advanced . ( 1963 , c . 1129 , s . 2 ; 1971 , c .
<br /> 698 , s . 1 . )
<br /> § 160A- 403 . Counties or cities authorized to acquire and
<br /> reconvey real property .
<br /> Any county or city in the State may acquire by purchase ,
<br /> gift , grant , bequest , devise , lease , or otherwise , the fee or any
<br /> lesser interest , development right , easement , covenant , or other
<br /> contractual right of or to real property within its respective
<br /> jurisdiction , when it finds that the acquisition is necessary to
<br /> achieve the purposes of this Part . Any county or , city may also
<br /> _ acquire the fee to any property for the purpose of conveying or
<br /> leasing the property back to its original owner or other person
<br /> under covenants or other contractual arrangements that will limit
<br /> the future use of the property in accordance with the purposes of
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