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O&MURPA <br />LIVE IDLAND RBANENEWAL ROJECTREA <br />UCLCRA <br />NIVERSITYITY ANDLEARANCE FOR EDEVELOPMENT UTHORITY <br />SECTION 1 <br />INTRODUCTION AND AREA DESCRIPTION <br />A.PR <br />URPOSE OF THIS EPORT <br />The purpose of this report is twofold with regard to the Olive & Midland Urban Renewal <br />Plate 1 - Area Boundary MapAppendix A <br />Project Area (Area), as shown on in . First, <br />this document will establish findings and conditions for the purposes of declaring an area <br />within the City of University City, Missouri (City) as a “Blighted” or “Insanitary” area under <br />Sections 99.300 to 99.600 – Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority Law (the <br />LCRA Law) of the Revised Statutes of Missouri (R.S. MO). Second, following the <br />establishment of the conditions which qualify the Area, subsequent sections of this <br />report will serve as the “Workable Program” (“Program”) and the Redevelopment Plan <br />(“Plan”) for an urban renewal and redevelopment project undertaken within the Area. <br />B.LCRAL <br />AND LEARANCE FOR EDEVELOPMENTUTHORITYAW <br />As outlined in Section 99.430 R.S. MO, the initial step in establishing an area under the <br />LCRA Law is for the governing body of the municipality to declare, by resolution or <br />ordinance, that the area is a “Blighted area” or “Insanitary area” in need of <br />redevelopment or in need of rehabilitation. Section 99.320 of the LCRA Law sets out the <br />definitions of these two areas as follows: <br />"Blighted area", an area which, by reason of the predominance of defective or <br />inadequate street layout, insanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site <br />improvements, improper subdivision or obsolete platting, or the existence of conditions <br />which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such <br />factors, retards the provision of housing accommodations or constitutes an economic or <br />social liability or a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare in its present <br />condition and use. <br />"Insanitary area", an area in which there is a predominance of buildings and <br />improvements which, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age or obsolescence, <br />inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air sanitation or open spaces, high density of <br />population and overcrowding of buildings, overcrowding of land, or the existence of <br />conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination <br />of such factors, is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, <br />juvenile delinquency and crime or constitutes an economic or social liability and is <br />detrimental to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare; <br />C.AD <br />REA ESCRIPTION <br />Section 3Plate <br />Based on the findings of this analysis, as outlined in , the area shown on <br />1Appendix A <br /> in , was found to exhibit the conditions that warrant the Area being <br />“Blighted area” <br />declared a under the terms and conditions of the LCRA Law. The <br />following sections of this report outline these findings as analyzed by PGAV, who was <br /> ÐÙßÊ ËÎÞßÒ ÝÑÒÍËÔÌ×ÒÙ <br />1 <br />80759 <br />1/08/08 <br /> <br />