, 1955-07-14
10 r N A I
TO URNAL
OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST LEGISLATURE
OF THE VIRGIN al
First Regular Session 1855
First Regular Session 1855
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1865
Continued from yesterday

CONTINUED from yesterday
a. "A Planning Act, providing for the establishment
Of a Planning Agency with suitable duties, powers and
facilities, and providing for the development OF Master
plans at least for the urban areas of the Virgin Islands,
for their orderly consideration and formal adoption by the
proper authorities, and for their effective enforcement
once a~dopted-effective not later than July 4 1856
q, building Code q Regulation to control the con
s~truction Of new buildings and the r~enodeling or rehabi-
litation Of old buildings, which shall include enforceable
standards for sewage disposal and water supply, Tor ell
naination of fire and structural hazards, and Tor other
safety equirements-effect not later than July I 1856.
C) AHousing Code or Regulation to set and enforce
standards for the maintenance and operation OF all resi-
dental buildings, including the establishment and en-
forcement Of suitable occupancy standards for such resi-
dental buildings-effective not later than July ], 1856.
~ "A Zoning Code or Regulation, providing enforce
able coming rules and restrictions necessary for protec-
ton Of neighborhoods from deterioration, including pro-
vision for Zoning Maps setting forth clearly and accurate
" the areas in which zoning restrictions Of each and every
sort pply,-effectiv not later than July ], 1856.
() "A Land Subdivision Code or Regulation provid-
ING such enforceable regulations governing subdivision OF
parcels of urban property as are considered necessary to
protect neighborhoods or zones from Observation-Disclosures
tive not later than July J. 1856
b) That the Government of the Virgin Islands shall pro-
vide the means for preparation Of general community plans
essential for the program Of slum clearance and urban re-
newal, that such plans shall include comprehensive and de-
tailed land use plans and thoroughfare plans, that these plans
shall be enforceable under the Planning Act referred to IN
the preceding section or under other appropriate legislation
and that funds for the preparation of these plans shall be pro-
vided in such amount and at such time as to make is prac-
ticable for the existing and any successor planning agencies
to continue without Interruption the work already begun in
this area and to embark on further needed projects expedi-
tously.
() That the Government Of the Virgin Islands shall I'M
dertake to define within the communities of the Virgin Is
lands the various neighbourhoods needing slum clearance and
renewal programs for removal of or prevention of blight, and
shall prepare a statement of the action contemplated IN re-
gard to each such neighbourhood to bring it up to satisfactory
standards, including such action as is needed with respect to
() SUM clearance and urban renewal, % rehabilitation and
conservation, and () enforcement Of appropriate codes; that
the Virgin Islands Housing and Redevelopment Authority
shall be directed, in behalf Of the Government Of the Virgin
Islands, to prepare the delineation of neighborhoods and state
ment of action contemplated as previded=hefein, for subnnis-
sion to the Governor and the Legislature provided thai the
Authority shall thus submit. not later than / October 1855,