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14-169-708. Adoption of powers by municipality.
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14-169-708. Adoption of powers by municipality.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this subchapter, it is provided that in any municipality in this state where on January 10, 1961, a housing authority has not been established or a housing authority is established but the authority has not undertaken an urban renewal project, the municipality may, if the local governing body, by resolution, determines such action to be in the public interest, elect to have the same powers with respect to urban renewal and redevelopment that are conferred on a housing authority by §§ 14-169-601 — 14-169-609, 14-169-701, and 14-169-703 — 14-169-707, to be exercised by an urban renewal agency created by § 14-169-709 or by a housing authority if one is authorized for, or subsequently established in, the municipality.
(b) In the event the local governing body makes such determination, the urban renewal agency or the housing authority, as the case may be, shall be vested with all such urban renewal powers as are conferred by this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-169-708
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14-169-708. Adoption of powers by municipality.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this subchapter, it is provided that in any municipality in this state where on January 10, 1961, a housing authority has not been established or a housing authority is established but the authority has not undertaken an urban renewal project, the municipality may, if the local governing body, by resolution, determines such action to be in the public interest, elect to have the same powers with respect to urban renewal and redevelopment that are conferred on a housing authority by §§ 14-169-601 — 14-169-609, 14-169-701, and 14-169-703 — 14-169-707, to be exercised by an urban renewal agency created by § 14-169-709 or by a housing authority if one is authorized for, or subsequently established in, the municipality.
(b) In the event the local governing body makes such determination, the urban renewal agency or the housing authority, as the case may be, shall be vested with all such urban renewal powers as are conferred by this subchapter.
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14-169-601. Legislative declarations.
It is found and declared that:
(1) There exists in many communities within this state blighted areas, as defined in § 14-169-604, or areas in the process of becoming blighted;
(2)(A) Such areas impair economic values and tax revenues;
(B) Such areas cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the state; and
(C) These conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, and accident protection, and other public services and facilities;
(3) The clearance, replanning, and preparation for rebuilding of these areas and the prevention or the reduction of blight and its causes are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired and are governmental functions of state concern;
(4)(A) Redevelopment activities will stimulate residential construction which is closely correlated with general economic activity; and
(B) Such undertakings authorized by this subchapter will aid the production of better housing and more desirable neighborhood and community development at lower costs and will make possible a more stable and larger volume of residential construction, which will assist materially in achieving and maintaining full employment; and
(5)(A) It is in the public interest that advance preparation for such projects and activities be made; and
(B) The necessity in the public interest for the provisions enacted in this subchapter is declared as a matter of legislative determination.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-169-601
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-169-601. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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14-169-609. Use of land in project.
(a)(1) The authority may make land in a redevelopment project available for use by private enterprise or public agencies in accordance with the redevelopment plan.
(2) The land may be made available at its use value, which represents the value, whether expressed in terms of rental or capital price, at which the authority determines the land should be made available in order that it may be developed or redeveloped for the purposes specified in the plan.
(b)(1) To assure that land acquired in a redevelopment project is used in accordance with the redevelopment plan, an authority, upon the sale or lease of the land, shall obligate purchasers or lessees to:
(A) Use the land for the purpose designated in the redevelopment plan;
(B) Begin the building of their improvements within a period of time which the authority fixes as reasonable; and
(C) Comply with such other conditions as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
(2) Any such obligations by the purchaser shall be covenants and conditions running with the land where the authority so stipulates.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-169-609
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-169-609. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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14-169-701. Legislative findings.
It is found and declared that:
(1) There exist in municipalities of this state slum, blighted, or deteriorated areas which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of this state, and the findings and declarations heretofore made in § 14-169-601 with respect to slum and blighted areas are affirmed and restated;
(2) Certain slum, blighted, or deteriorated areas, or portions of them, may require acquisition and clearance, as provided in this subchapter, since the prevailing condition of decay may make impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation, but other areas or portions of them, through the means provided in this subchapter, may be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner that the conditions and evils hereinbefore enumerated may be eliminated, remedied, or prevented, and that such blighted areas can be conserved and rehabilitated through appropriate public action and the cooperation and voluntary action of the owners and tenants of property in such areas; and
(3) All powers conferred by this subchapter are for public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and such other powers exercised, and the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of this subchapter is declared as a matter of legislative determination. A municipality, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the municipality as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of areas by private enterprise.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-169-701
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-169-701. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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14-169-703. Urban renewal projects.
(a)(1) An urban renewal agency under § 14-169-709 or a housing authority under § 14-169-601 et seq. is authorized to plan and undertake urban renewal projects.
(2) As used in this subchapter, an urban renewal project may include undertakings and activities for the elimination and for the prevention of the development or spread of slums or blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating areas and may involve any work or undertaking for such purposes constituting a redevelopment project or any rehabilitation or conservation work, or any combination of such undertaking or work. Such undertaking and work may include:
(A) Carrying out plans for a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements;
(B) Acquisition of:
(i) A slum area or a deteriorated or deteriorating area;
(ii) Land which is predominantly open and which, because of obsolete platting, diversity of ownership, deterioration of structures or of site improvements, or otherwise, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the community;
(iii) Open land necessary for sound community growth. The requirement of this subchapter that the area be a slum area or a blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating area shall not be applicable in the case of an open land project; or
(iv) Acquisition of any other real property in the urban renewal project area where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, insanitary, or unsafe conditions, lessen density, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare, or otherwise to remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public facilities, and demolition, removal, or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements;
(C) Installation, construction, or rec
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-169-703
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-169-703. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.