§ 460s-9. — Property subject to condemnation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460s-9]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXXVII--PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE
Sec. 460s-9. Property subject to condemnation
(a) Limitation on condemnation of improved or other property
The Secretary shall be prohibited from acquiring by condemnation any
(1) improved property within the inland buffer zone or (2) property
within the inland buffer zone during all times when, in his judgment,
such property is being used (A) for the growing and harvesting of timber
under a scientific program of selective cutting and forest management,
or (B) for commercial purposes, if such commercial purposes are the same
such purposes for which such property is being used on December 31,
1964, so long as the use of such improved or other property would
further the purposes of this subchapter and such use does not impair the
usefulness and attractiveness of the lakeshore.
(b) ``Improved property'' defined
As used in this subchapter, the term ``improved property'' shall
mean any one-family dwelling on which construction was begun before
December 31, 1964, together with so much of the land on which the
dwelling is situated (such land being in the same ownership as the
dwelling) as shall be reasonably necessary for the enjoyment of the
dwelling.
(Pub. L. 89-668, Sec. 10, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 924.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 460s-5 of this title.
