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The Mayor is hereby designated as the agent of the city for urban renewal and redevelopment and shall execute and administer urban renewal or redevelopment projects authorized by Council. He or she shall cause the necessary studies, plans and surveys in connection with such projects to be undertaken and shall cause an urban renewal or redevelopment plan to be prepared covering each project area of the city designated by Council. The Mayor may further cause a plan for the relocation of displaced families to be prepared.
(`82 Code, § 1232.03) (Ord. 86-77, passed 10-7-86; Am. Ord. 94-79, passed 8-16-94)
An urban renewal or redevelopment plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(A) A description of the boundaries of the project area;
(B) A land use plan showing the location, character and extent of public and private land ownership, use and occupancy proposed in the area;
(C) A statement showing the standards of population densities, land coverage and building intensities in the area after the redevelopment, if the proposed uses are residential;
(D) A definition of the areas of land acquisition, and such demolition and removal of structures as may be proposed to be carried out in the project area;
(E) A statement of the relationship of the plan to definite objectives of the city respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic conditions and transportation, public utilities, recreation and community facilities and other public improvements;
(F) A statement indicating the control, use and development restrictions to be placed on property in the project area to prevent a recurrence of blighting conditions; and
(G) A financial plan indicating the resources for the public costs of the project.
(`82 Code, § 1232.04) (Ord. 86-77, passed 10-7-86; Am. Ord. 94-79, passed 8-16-94)
Prior to its approval of an urban renewal or redevelopment plan, Council shall submit such plan to the Planning Commission for review and recommendations. The Commission shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed urban renewal or redevelopment plan to Council within 30 days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the Commission, or, if no recommendations are received within such 30 days, then without such recommendations, Council may proceed to give notice of the hearing on the proposed urban renewal or redevelopment plan as provided in § 1232.06.
(`82 Code, § 1232.05) (Ord. 86-77, passed 10-7-86; Am. Ord. 94-79, passed 8-16-94)
(A) Council shall either approve, modify or reject the urban renewal or redevelopment plan after it has held a public hearing at which an opportunity has been provided to all interested persons to be heard either in person or by counsel.
(B) Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city once a week for two consecutive weeks, with the first publication at least 14 days prior to the date set for the public hearing. Such notice shall contain a description of the project area by its location in relation to highways, streets, streams or other landmarks and shall state that maps, plats and other material describing the urban renewal or redevelopment plan are available for public inspection at a place to be designated in such notice. If the project area includes ten or less parcels of land, as listed on the current tax duplicate, written notice of the public hearing, with similar contents, shall also be mailed, by first class mail, at least seven days before the date set for the public hearing, to the last known owner of each such parcel of land or to the last known address of such owner as shown by the records of the City Auditor.
(C) The public hearing may be adjourned from time to time without further notice. If, after public hearing, the boundaries of the project area are amended so as to include any property not included in the description of the proposed project area set forth in the notice of public hearing, further notice shall be given in the same manner as for the original hearing. Other amendments as a result of the public hearing shall not require further notice or additional public hearings, except as provided in § 1232.07.
(D) After the public hearing, Council may approve the redevelopment plan by a majority vote. If Council approves the redevelopment plan, it shall include in its approval the following findings:
(1) That the area described in the redevelopment plan is a blighted area;
(2) That the urban renewal or redevelopment plan for the project area will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the needs of the locality as a whole, for the redevelopment of the project area by private enterprise; and
(3) That the redevelopment plan is feasible and conforms to the general or master plan, as it then exists, for the overall development of the city.
(E) The approval by Council of the urban renewal or redevelopment plan constitutes authority to spend general tax revenues appropriated for such property and the proceeds of bonds issued for such purpose and to accept gifts, donations and grants from the United States, the state, any entity, instrumentality or subdivision of either or any other entity or person.
(`82 Code, § 1232.06) (Ord. 86-77, passed 10-7-86; Am. Ord. 94-79, passed 8-16-94)
An urban renewal or redevelopment plan may be modified by Council at any time. Any proposed modification which contemplates an extension of the project area, a change in the zoning in the area, or any other change which Council determines to be substantial, shall not be made until after Council has held a public hearing thereon, preceded by notice as provided in § 1232.06. Council may either approve or reject the proposed modification by a majority vote. If the proposed modification is approved, it shall become a part of the urban renewal or redevelopment plan.
(`82 Code, § 1232.07) (Ord. 86-77, passed 10-7-86; Am. Ord. 94-79, passed 8-16-94)
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