It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote more harmonious intergovernmental relations and to encourage sound planning, zoning, and land use practices by prescribing uniform policies and procedures whereby the Administrator shall acquire, use, and dispose of land in urban areas in order that urban land transactions entered into for the General Services Administration or on behalf of other Federal agencies shall, to the greatest extent practicable, be consistent with zoning and land-use practices and shall be made to the greatest extent practicable in accordance with planning and development objectives of the local governments and local planning agencies concerned.
(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VIII, §802, as added Pub. L. 90–577, title V, §501, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1104.)
Section 801 of act June 30, 1949, as added Oct. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90–577, title V, §501, 82 Stat. 1104, provided that: “This title [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Federal Urban Land-Use Act’.”
(a) Whenever the Administrator contemplates the disposal for or on behalf of any Federal agency of any real property situated within an urban area, he shall, prior to offering such land for sale, give reasonable notice to the head of the governing body of the unit of general local government having jurisdiction over zoning and land-use regulation in the geographical area within which the land or lands are located in order to afford the government the opportunity of zoning for the use of such land in accordance with local comprehensive planning.
(b) The Administrator, to the greatest practicable extent, shall furnish to all prospective purchasers of such real property, full and complete information concerning—
(1) current zoning regulations and prospective zoning requirements and objectives for such property when it is unzoned; and
(2) current availability to such property of streets, sidewalks, sewers, water, street lights, and other service facilities and prospective availability of such services if such property is included in comprehensive planning.
(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VIII, §803, as added Pub. L. 90–577, title V, §501, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1105.)
This section is referred to in section 534 of this title.
(a) To the extent practicable, prior to a commitment to acquire any real property situated in an urban area, the Administrator shall notify the unit of general local government exercising zoning and land-use jurisdiction over the land proposed to be purchased of his intent to acquire such land and the proposed use of the property. In the event that the Administrator determines that such advance notice would have an adverse impact on the proposed purchase, he shall, upon conclusion of the acquisition, immediately notify such local government of the acquisition and the proposed use of the property.
(b) In the acquisition or change of use of any real property situated in an urban area as a site for public building, the Administrator shall, to the extent he determines practicable—
(1) consider all objections made to any such acquisition or change of use by such unit of government upon the ground that the proposed acquisition or change of use conflicts or would conflict with the zoning regulations or planning objectives of such unit; and
(2) comply with and conform to such regulations of the unit of general local government having jurisdiction with respect to the area within which such property is situated and the planning and development objectives of such local government.
(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VIII, §804, as added Pub. L. 90–577, title V, §501, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1105.)
This section is referred to in section 534 of this title.
The procedures prescribed in sections 532 and 533 of this title may be waived during any period of national emergency proclaimed by the President.
(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VIII, §805, as added Pub. L. 90–577, title V, §501, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1105.)
As used in this subchapter—
(a) “Unit of general local government” means any city, county, town, parish, village, or other general-purpose political subdivision of a State.
(b) “Urban area” means—
(1) any geographical area within the jurisdiction of any incorporated city, town, borough, village, or other unit of general local government, except county or parish, having a population of ten thousand or more inhabitants;
(2) that portion of the geographical area within the jurisdiction of any county, town, township, or similar governmental entity which contains no incorporated unit of general local government but has a population density equal to or exceeding one thousand five hundred inhabitants per square mile; and
(3) that portion of any geographical area having a population density equal to or exceeding one thousand five hundred inhabitants per square mile and situated adjacent to the boundary of any incorporated unit of general local government which has a population of ten thousand or more inhabitants.
(c) “Comprehensive planning” includes the following, to the extent directly related to the needs of a unit of general local government:
(1) Preparation, as a guide for governmental policies and action, of general plans with respect to (A) the pattern and intensity of land use, (B) the provision of public facilities (including transportation facilities) and other governmental services, and (C) the effective development and utilization of human and natural resources;
(2) Long-range physical and fiscal plans for such action;
(3) Programing of capital improvements and other major expenditures, based on a determination of relative urgency, together with definitive financing plans for such expenditures in the earlier years of the program;
(4) Coordination of all related plans and activities of the State and local governments and agencies concerned; and
(5) Preparation of regulatory and administrative measures in support of the foregoing.
(June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VIII, §806, as added Pub. L. 90–577, title V, §501, Oct. 16, 1968, 82 Stat. 1105.)