(a) By passage of Ordinance 37-1994, the Village hereby found and determined that there existed within the Village of St. Bernard premises that by reason of age, location, obsolescence, dilapidation, deterioration, lack of maintenance, lack of facilities, or lack of repair or combination thereof constitute a blight and a nuisance upon these surrounding neighborhoods because they are fire hazards, health hazards, substantial and unreasonable interference with the reasonable and lawful use and enjoyment of other premises in the neighborhood, or factors seriously depreciating property values in the area.
(1) It is further found that the parcels described in the St. Bernard Scattered Site Urban Renewal Plan of 1994 contained blighted premises.
(2) It is further found that the Village of St. Bernard acquired those blighted premises by negotiated purchase for the purpose of eliminating blight.
(3) It is further found that the only effective way to have eliminated the blight on the premises described in the Village of St. Bernard Scattered Site Urban Renewal Plan was to acquire the property and demolish the buildings thereon in order to clear them for redevelopment.
(4) It is further found that unless the properties described in the St. Bernard Scattered Site Urban Renewal Plan of 1994 were developed in accordance with a comprehensive urban renewal plan there was a serious hazard to the public that the blighted condition will recur and reappear in the neighborhoods where the St. Bernard Scattered Site Urban Renewal Plan contains parcels.
(5) It is further found that it was necessary to protect the public health, safety and general welfare to dispose of the properties described in the St. Bernard Scattered Site Urban Renewal Plan of 1994 in accordance with the urban renewal plan in order to avoid the recurrence of blight.
(b) (1) The legislature for St. Bernard in this year of 2010 hereby concur with the findings as set forth in subsection (a) hereof and re-affirm the findings as set forth.
(2) It is hereby found that while many of the parcels of properties as set forth in the St. Bernard Scattered Site Urban Renewal Plan of 1994 have been redeveloped, there still exist certain parcels of property, with the plan, that are yet to be redeveloped.
(c) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Council amends the Scattered Site Urban Renewal Plan of 1994 to add additional property from time to time.)
(Ord. 05-2010. Passed 3-4-10.)