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BILL NO.
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<br />INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN GLICKERT
<br /> ORDINANCE NO.
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<br />'AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE PROVISION OF CHAPTER 353,
<br />REVISED STATUTES.OF MISSOURI "URBAN REDEVELOPMENT
<br />CORPORATION LAWn"TO BE KNOWN AS, "THE URBAN REDEVELOP-
<br />MENT ORDINANCE."
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<br />WHEREAS, the Council deems it to be in the best interest of the City of
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<br />University City, that an ordinance be enacted accepting the provisions of Chapter
<br />353, Revised Statutes of Missouri, "Urban Redevelopment Ordinance" which, among other
<br />provisions, will generally tend to promote the likelihood of appropriate redevelop-
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<br />ment of Such portions of the City of Uni'versity 'City. as may be in need' thereof~
<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUHCIL OF THE CITY OF UNXVERSITY
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<br />CITY, AS FOLL0['IS:
<br />Section 1. Title, designation.
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<br /> This Ordinance shall be known and may be. cited and referred
<br />to as "The Urban Redevelopmeht Ordinance".
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<br />Section 2: Determination of necessi.ty for legislation.
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<br /> It is hereby determined and'declared by the Council that
<br />in certain portions of the city obsolete, decadent, substandard,
<br />insanitary or blighted area exist occasioned by. inadequate
<br />planning, excessive land coverage, lack of proper light, air
<br />or open space, defective desigh or arrangement of buildings,
<br />lack of proper'sanitary facilities, or the existence of buildings,
<br />which by reason of age, obsolescence, inadequate or outmoded
<br />design, or physical deterioration, have impaired the economic
<br />value of large areas, infecting them with blight, and that
<br />such areas are characterized by depreciated values, impaired invest-
<br />ments, reduced or negligible income'and consequent tax delinquen-
<br />cies; that such conditions exist.in areas where obsolete, deca-
<br />dent, substandard, insanitary, outworn or outmoded industrial,
<br />commercial or residential buildings prevail, and the same are
<br />conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality,
<br />juvenile delinquency and crime, that such conditions.occur
<br />chiefly in areas which are subdivided into small parcels with
<br />multiple ownership and frequently with confusion as to titles;
<br />that their assembly for purposes of clearance, replanning, re-
<br />habilitation, reconstruction and redevelopment is difficult
<br />and costly; that the existence of 'such condition and the failure
<br />to clear, replan, rehabilitate, reconstruct or redevelop-these
<br />areas result in progressive deterioration, in a loss of popu-
<br />lation by the areas, causes a wasteful expenditure of-public
<br />funds for policing, and occasions large outlays for the creation
<br />of public facilities and services elsewhere; that it is impossible
<br />and uneconomical for individual owners to independently undertake
<br />to remedy such conditions; that such conditions require the
<br />employment of capital on an investment basis,,allowing, however,
<br />the widest latitude in the amortization of any indebtedness
<br />created thereby; that such conditions further require the
<br />acquisition of adequate areas, at fair prices., the clearance
<br />of such areas through demolition of~existing'obsolete, decadent,
<br />inadequate, unsafe or insanitary buildings and the redevelopment
<br />of such areas under proper supervision with'appropriate planning as
<br />to land use and construction policies; that the clearance, re-
<br />planning, rehabilitation, reconstruction and redevelopment of
<br />such areas on a large scale basis are necessary for the public
<br />welfare and are public uses and purposes for Which private
<br />property may be acquired by purchase or eminent domain; and
<br />that such obsolete, decadent, substandard, insanitary and blighted
<br />areas constitute a menance to the health, safety, morals and
<br />welfare of the citizens of the city. Therefore, the necessity
<br />for the provisions herein enacted is hereby declared as a matter
<br />of legislative determination to be in the public interest.
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