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BILL NO. 7606 INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER SCHOOMER ORDINANCE NO. 5402 AN ORDINANCE FINDING THAT A CERTAIN BLIGHTED AREA EXISTS IN THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, AND THAT THE REDEVELOP- MENT OF SUCH AREA IS NECESSARY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST UNDER CHAPTERS 353 AND 99 OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF MISSOURI, 1978, AS AMENDED, AND IS IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY; CONTAINING AN EMERGENCY CLAUSE. WHEREAS, by reason of age, obsolescence, inadequate or outmoded design or physical deterioration, the area described in Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Blighted Area") has become an economic and social liability, by reason of which such conditions are conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, crime or inability to pay reasonable taxes; and WHEREAS, by reason of the predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, insan itary or unsafe cond it ions, deter iorat ion of s ite improvements, improper subdivision or obsolete platting, and the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, the Blighted Area retards the provision of housing accommodations or constitutes an economic or social liability or a menace to the public health, safety, morals or welfare in its present condition or use; and WHEREAS, the clearance, replanning, rehabilitation or reconstruc- tion of the Blighted Area, and the provision for such industrial, commercial, residential, recreational, or public structures and spaces as may be appropriate, including other facilities incidental or appurtenant thereto, is necessary and in the public interest under Chapters 353 and 99 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1978, as amended, and is necessary in the interest of public health, safety, morals and general welfare of the people of the City of University City; and WHEREAS, such conditions are beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory process in the exercise of the police power and cannot be dealt with effectively by ordinary private enterprise without the aids provided in the Urban Redevelopment Corporations Law, Chapter 353, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1978, as amended, and in the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Law, Chapter 99, Revised StatUtes of Missouri, 1978, as amended.