Tax Abatement Information - Land Clearance Redevelopment Authority

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renewal project area is located has approved the redevelopment or urban renewal plan, as prescribed in subdivision (9) of this section. (2) An authority shall not prepare a redevelopment or an urban renewal plan for a land clearance or urban renewal project area unless the governing body of the community in which the area is located has declared, by resolution or ordinance, the area to be a blighted, or insanitary area in need of redevelopment or in need of rehabilitation. (3) An authority shall not recommend a redevelopment or urban renewal plan to the governing body of the community in which the land clearance or urban renewal project area is located until a general plan for the development of the community has been prepared. (4) The authority itself may prepare or cause to be prepared a redevelopment or urban renewal plan or any person or agency, public or private, may submit such a plan to an authority. A redevelopment or urban renewal plan shall be sufficiently complete to indicate its relationship to definite local objectives as to appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities and other public improvements and the proposed land uses and building requirements in the land clearance or urban renewal project area, and shall include without being limited to: (a) The boundaries of the land clearance or urban renewal project area, with a map showing the existing uses and condition of the real property therein; (b) A land use plan showing proposed uses of the area; (c) Information showing the standards of population densities, land coverage and building intensities in the area after redevelopment or urban renewal; (d) A statement of the proposed changes, if any, in zoning ordinances or maps, street layouts, street levels or grades, building codes and ordinances; (e) A statement as to the kind and number of additional public facilities or utilities which will be required in the area after redevelopment or urban renewal; and (f) A schedule indicating the estimated length of time needed for completion of each phase of the plan. (5) Prior to recommending a redevelopment or urban renewal plan to the governing body for approval, an authority shall submit the plan to the planning agency, if any, of the community in which the land clearance or urban renewal project area is located for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the general plan for the development of the community as a whole. The planning agency shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed redevelopment or urban renewal plan to the authority within thirty days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the recommendations of the planning agency, or, if no recommendations are received within the thirty days, then without the