168.04 URBAN RENEWAL AGENT; URBAN RENEWAL PLANS.

   The City Manager is hereby designated as the agent of the City for carrying out its programs of urban renewal.

   Subsequent to identification of a proposed urban renewal area by the Planning Commission, the City Manager is hereby authorized to cause to be undertaken either by force account or by contract the necessary studies, plans and surveys in connection with a proposed urban renewal area or project areas and may cause an urban renewal plan to be prepared covering such area. An urban renewal plan shall include when appropriate but need not be limited to the following:

   (a)    A description of the boundaries of the urban renewal area;

    (b)    A map or maps showing land uses proposed in the area after renewal thereof, the proposed street layout, and any publicly or privately owned community facilities to be constructed in the area;

    (c)    A statement indicating the uses and development restrictions on property in the area which is to be sold or leased by the City for redevelopment;

    (d)    A statement as to the changes in public facilities or utilities which will be required in the area after redevelopment or rehabilitation.

   The City Manager shall cause a plan to be prepared for the relocation of the families, if any, which will be displaced by the urban renewal of each such area and shall establish a relocation service to aid such families to find other suitable accommodations.

   Documentation shall be prepared and maintained giving evidence that an urban renewal area is blighted or deteriorating. If necessary to establish whether an area is a blighted or deteriorating area the City Manager is hereby authorized to require owners and residents of properties to provide reasonable access for interior and exterior inspections.

(Ord. 195-99. Passed 10-25-99; Ord. 217-99. Passed 12-13-99.)