CHAPTER 161
Urban Renewal
   EDITOR'S NOTE: All references to "City Solicitor" in this chapter have been changed to "City Law Director" to reflect the Charter Amendment passed by the electors on May 8, 2001, and upon the adoption of Ordinance 2001-96, passed June 4, 2001.
161.01   Necessity of urban renewal.
161.02   Council policy on urban development and renewal.
161.03   Definitions.
161.04   Mayor to supervise urban renewal and redevelopment activities.
161.05   Preparation of studies and plans.
161.06   Contents of plans and supporting documentation.
161.07   Action by Planning Commission.
161.08   Public hearing and Council action.
161.09   Federal aid contracts.
161.10   Modification of plans.
161.11   Execution of urban renewal projects.
161.12   Finances.
161.13   Building permits.
161.14   Tax exemption.
161.15   Separability.
161.16    Downtown facade improvement program.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Appropriation of property - see Ohio Const. Art. I, § 19; Art. VXIII, §§ 10, 11
   Council powers - see CHTR. § 3.08k
   Planning Commission powers and duties - see CHTR. § 13.04 
   Procedure for appropriation - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 719
   Alternate procedure for acquiring property - see Ohio R.C. 719.32, 719.33
   Power to transfer or convey real property without bids - see Ohio R.C. 721.28
   Community Planning and Renewal Department - see ADM. Ch. 159 
   Housing and Redevelopment Commission - see ADM. Ch. 185 
   Moving and Demolition of Buildings; Unsafe Buildings; Board of Demolition Appeals - see BLDG. Ch. 1391 
161.01 NECESSITY OF URBAN RENEWAL.
   It is hereby found and determined that there exist within the City, slum, blighted, deteriorated and deteriorating areas of the nature defined in this Chapter which constitute a serious and growing menace injurious and inimicable to the public health, safety, morals and general welfare. The existence of such areas:
   (a)   Contributes substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and crime and to losses by fire and accident, necessitating excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for the preservation of the public health and safety, for crime prevention, correction, prosecution and punishment, for the treatment of juvenile delinquency, for the maintenance of adequate police, fire and accident protection, and for other public services and facilities;
   (b)   Constitutes an economic and social inability; and
   (c)   Substantially impairs and arrests the sound growth of the community; retards the provision of housing accommodations; aggravates traffic problems; and substantially impairs or arrests the elimination of traffic hazards and the improvement of traffic facilities.
   This menace is beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory processes and exercise of the police power and cannot be dealt with effectively by the ordinary operation of private enterprises without the aids herein provided. The elimination in whole or in part of slum, blighted, deteriorated and deteriorating areas, and the prevention of occurrence or recurrence of such areas by redevelopment and by the conservation, rehabilitation and reconditioning, to the extent feasible, of the salvageable portions of such areas, and by other activities pursuant to urban redevelopment or urban renewal as defined herein, are public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and private property acquired by purchase, by donation and by eminent domain and are governmental functions of concern to the City, and require the exercise of the powers of government granted to the City by the provisions of Article XVIII of the Ohio Constitution and that the necessity in the public interest and general welfare, for the provisions of this Chapter, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
(Ord. 67-189. Passed 8-21-67.)
161.02 COUNCIL POLICY ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND RENEWAL.
   It is hereby declared to be the policy of Council to promote and encourage the sound development, including renewal and redevelopment where necessary, of the entire City in accordance with the General Plan for the City. Council realizes that the City government will be unable to carry out coordinated and effective programs for renewing the City without the cooperation and support of the public as a whole. Therefore, Council stands ready to cooperate with private enterprise, civic groups, neighborhood agencies and governmental agencies in developing and carrying out urban renewal programs and projects to promote the sound development of new areas, to prevent the spread of slums and blight and to eliminate slugs, blighted, deteriorated and deteriorating areas in the City.
(Ord. 67-189. Passed 8-21-67.)
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