(A) After the effective date of this section, Council, before approving any Urban Renewal Plan or Urban Redevelopment Plan, or amendments to existing plans, shall refer all such plans to the Planning Commission for review and report to Council. Council shall then hold a public hearing on the plan. Notice of the date, time and place of such hearing shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city and at least five full days shall elapse between the publication and the date of the public hearing. The notice shall also contain a description of the project area by its location in relation to highways, streets, watercourses, or other natural or artificial boundaries, and shall also designate the place at which the plan, maps, plats, and other materials describing the project area are and will be available for public inspection. The failure to give such notice or a defect in the notice given under this section shall not invalidate any Urban Renewal or Redevelopment Plan adopted by Council. The public hearing may be held at a regular or special meeting of Council.
(B) Following completion of a public hearing held pursuant to division (A) of this section, Council by ordinance may either approve or reject the Urban Renewal or Redevelopment Plan, or make modifications and approve the plan as modified.
(C) The ordinance adopted by the Council approving any Urban Renewal or Redevelopment Plan shall include the following findings:
(1) Findings of the fact as to the conditions in the blighted area.
(2) That the size and character of the blighted area and the location of elements of blight in the area make it appropriate for urban renewal and/or redevelopment activities.
(3) That the proposals for the proper relocation of persons displaced in carrying out the project in decent, safe and sanitary dwellings in conformity with acceptable standards are feasible and can be reasonably and timely effected to permit the proper prosecution and completion of the project; and that the dwellings or dwelling units available or to be made available to such displaced persons are not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced persons in the project area, are available at rents or prices within the financial means of the displaced persons, and are reasonably accessible to their places of employment.
(4) That the plan for the blighted area will afford maximum opportunity consistent with the sound needs of the community as a whole for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the blighted area.
(5) That the plan conforms to the existing comprehensive plan for the overall development of the city.
(Ord. 6986, passed 10-25-94)