Before the community development plan for any area shall become effective, Council by ordinance shall approve the plan. The ordinance approving the plan submitted by the Planning Commission shall include a finding and determination that the area is a slum and blighted or deteriorating area; that the plan has been adopted in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 315; is in conformity with the General Plan of the City and the Workable Program for Community Improvements for the elimination and prevention of slums and blight and with the requirements of Chapter 313; that the plan will afford maximum opportunity consistent with the sound needs of the City as a whole for the rehabilitation, conservation or redevelopment of the community development area by private enterprise; that the financial aid, if any, to be provided by the Federal government is necessary to the execution of the plan; that the plan gives due consideration to the provision of adequate park and recreational area and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood improvement, with special consideration for the health, safety and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the plan; and that if Federal financial assistance is required, such other findings as may be required by that agency of the Federal government concerned therewith.
(Ord. No. 1492-66. Passed 12-12-66, eff. 12-14-66)