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The Department of Community Development shall administer the plan adopted and approved as provided in the Charter and these Codified Ordinances. If the ordinance approving the plan finds that assistance of the Federal government or other public agency is necessary to enable the project to be undertaken, including, but not limited to, the financing of the costs of acquisition, clearance and site improvement of the land within the development area in accordance with the plan, the Director of Community Development shall have authority to make application to such agency for financial assistance and to do and perform such things and acts as may be necessary for such purposes.
(Ord. No. 1492-66. Passed 12-12-66, eff. 12-14-66)
When the Director of Community Development determines the necessity of establishing a field office within a project area, he or she may, notwithstanding the provisions of other sections of these Codified Ordinances, and as an exception thereto, enter into a rental agreement for such purpose for a period not exceeding one hundred twenty (120) days and not subject to renewal in an amount not in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00) for such period, the cost of which shall be charged against the community development project for the area.
(Ord. No. 1492-66. Passed 12-12-66, eff. 12-14-66)
It is hereby determined that in the planning or execution of a community development project it is necessary to obtain appraisals of land values, title services and other professional services to ascertain ownership of land, to prepare and make sites available for redevelopment or rehabilitation and negotiations to purchase lands in community development project areas. The Director of Community Development is hereby authorized and directed to enter into one (1) or more written contracts for the employment of one (1) or more persons or firms for the purpose of furnishing professional appraisal, re-use appraisal, title services and such other professional services necessary to make sites available for redevelopment or rehabilitation not directly connected with the acquisition of land. The Director of Law is hereby authorized and directed under the same terms and conditions to enter into one (1) or more written contracts for the employment of one (1) or more persons or firms for the purpose of furnishing appraisal, title and negotiating services for the purchase of land in a community development area.
(Ord. No. 1492-66. Passed 12-12-66, eff. 12-14-66)
When in the administration of a community development project in which relocation payments are to be made and when the total of the actual moving expenses incurred or to be incurred by an eligible business concern is in excess of, or estimated to be in excess of, three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) by the Commissioner of Relocation and Property Management or when a direct loss claim is made by the business concern, the Director of Community Development may enter into one (1) or more written contracts for the employment of one (1) or more persons or firms for the purpose of furnishing professional services that cannot be supplied by the regularly employed personnel of the City, to provide competent, technical evaluation of the claim for relocation payments or of direct loss of property.
(Ord. No. 1492-66. Passed 12-12-66, eff. 12-14-66)
The Commissioner of Relocation and Property Management is authorized to deduct delinquent rent from any relocation benefit or payment due in the implementation of a property management and relocation plan for a community development project or a rehabilitation project.
(Ord. No. 815-75. Passed 6-30-75, eff. 7-5-75)
The selection of the persons or firms to be employed, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 321.04 and 321.05 shall be made by the Board of Control, from a list of qualified persons or firms available for such employment, as may be determined after canvass by the appropriate director for purposes of compiling such a list. Contracts shall be prepared by the Director of Law, executed on behalf of the City by the authorized director and paid from the community development project account within which the property is located.
(Ord. No. 1492-66. Passed 12-12-66, eff. 12-14-66)
It is hereby determined that the public improvement of the site clearance by the demolition of existing buildings and structures upon lands acquired, or in the process of being acquired, pursuant to the plan for the development, renewal, rehabilitation or conservation of an area in the City, shall be made by contract duly let to the lowest responsible bidder after competitive bidding for a gross price in accordance with the provisions of the Charter and these Codified Ordinances. More than one (1) building, structure or premises may be included in the invitation to bid, and in such event, the bidder shall be asked to submit a proposal on each, all or any combination thereof. The specifications for such work shall provide that no building or structure shall be removed from the premises in whole or in substantially whole condition but shall be demolished on the premises, that the bidder shall furnish evidence of sufficient equipment and personnel for the speedy performance of the work, that the time for completion of the work shall be fixed by the City and that the City reserves the right to limit the number of contracts awarded to any one (1) bidder in order to insure the speedy completion of the site clearance of any such area. The Director of Community Development is hereby authorized and directed to enter into such contracts as are awarded by the Board of Control in conformity herewith.
(Ord. No. 1492-66. Passed 12-12-66, eff. 12-14-66)
Any building or structure within a community development area upon premises included in the program of acquisition by the City pursuant to a community development plan adopted and approved, which constitutes a hazard to the public health and safety by reason of noncompliance with the provisions of these Codified Ordinances relating to building and housing, or by reason of non-occupancy, abandonment or otherwise shall be demolished in the manner prescribed in Section 321.08.
(Ord. No. 1492-66. Passed 12-12-66, eff. 12-14-66)
Before proceeding to demolish any such building or structure as described in Section 321.09, the Department of Community Development shall attempt to secure the consent of the owner of such building or structure to such demolition, which shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing approved by the Director of Law. However, if such consent is not obtained, the facts shall be presented to Council for determination by Council that such building or structure constitutes a nuisance prejudicial to the public health and safety, requiring abatement thereof by the demolition of such building or structure, which demolition shall be accomplished as provided in Section 321.08.
(Ord. No. 1492-66. Passed 12-12-66, eff. 12-14-66)
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