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§ 32.184 EMINENT DOMAIN.
   (A)   The Commission for the City of Pikeville may institute eminent domain proceedings pursuant to KRS Chapter 416 against the property which has been certified as blighted or deteriorated by the Commission, if, in addition, the City Commission finds:
      (1)   That the property has deteriorated to such an extent as to constitute a serious and growing menace to the public health, safety and welfare;
      (2)   That the property is likely to continue to deteriorate unless corrected;
      (3)   That the continued deterioration of such property may contribute to the blighting or deterioration of the area immediately surrounding the property; and
      (4)   That the owner of the property failed to correct the deterioration of the property.
   (B)   The Commission for the City of Pikeville may acquire by eminent domain pursuant to KRS Chapter 416, any property determined to be blighted or deteriorated pursuant to this subchapter, which has the power to hold, clear, manage, develop or expose of property so acquired for residential and related use pursuant to the provision of this subchapter and KRS Chapter 99.
(Ord. 05-07, passed 4-25-05)
§ 32.185 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
   No officer or employee of the City of Pikeville, or the Vacant Property Review Commission, who in the course of employment duties is required to participate in the determination of property blight or deterioration or the issuance of notices of violations which may lead to a determination of blight or deterioration, shall acquire any interest in any property declared by the Commission or the City of Pikeville Commission to be blighted or deteriorated. If any such officer or employee owns or has financial interest, directly or indirectly, in any property certified to be blighted of deteriorated, he or she shall immediately disclose in writing, such interest to the Commission and the Pikeville City Commission, and that disclosure shall be entered into the minutes of the Commission and the City of Pikeville Commission. Failure to so disclose such interest shall constitute misconduct in office. No payment shall be made to any officer or employee for any property or interest therein acquired by the City of Pikeville from such officer or employee unless the amount of payment is fixed by court order and eminent domain proceeding or unless payment is unanimously approved by the Pikeville City Commission.
(Ord. 05-07, passed 4-25-05)
Cross-reference:
   Abandoned urban property tax, see §§ 35.30 through 35.34
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