872 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 664

As used in this Act the term "blighted area" means any
area in Baltimore City where obsolescence and other factors
have brought about conditions which render the majority of
the property unfit for human habitation or unproductive from
the standpoint of taxes to the city and where fundamental
repairs and adequate maintenance are no longer practicable.
The term "slum" means any area in Baltimore City in which
a majority of the dwellings are detrimental to the health,
safety or morals of the occupants by reason of dilapidation,
over-crowding, faulty arrangements, lack of ventilation, light
or sanitary conditions or any combination of these factors.
The term "redevelopment plan" means a plan for the re-
development of all or any part of a slum or blighted area, in-
cluding any amendments thereto made or approved by a Land
Development Commission of Baltimore City, formed in accord-
ance with the provisions of this Act. A redevelopment plan
shall include: (1) land to be acquired for re-development pur-
poses or uses; (2) minimum requirements and standards for
construction of all buildings in the said areas, including plumb-
ing, electrical and other facilities.

The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is hereby given
authority to create a public corporation for Baltimore City,
said corporation to be known as the "Land Development Com-
mission" of Baltimore City, to be composed of five persons to
be appointed by the Mayor of the city, for terms of five years,
but of those first appointed, one shall be for a term of one year,
one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one
for a term of four years and one for a term of five years. One
of said persons shall be designated by the Mayor as Chairman
of said Land Development Commission. Their successors shall
be appointed for terms of five years each and all vacancies shall
be filled by appointment by the Mayor for the unexpired term.
Three of the persons so appointed shall have had had at least
five years of professional or vocational activity in work relating
to urban land use, architecture, development engineering, city
planning, land development, mortgage financing, or real estate,
and the other two shall be representative citizens who are
interested in community and civic affairs. The members of
said Land Development Commission shall serve without com-
pensation but it may appoint an executive-secretary to conduct
the administrative details of its work and such other assistants
and employees as may be necessary to perform the duties im-
posed upon said Land Development Commission by this Act,
all of whom, including the Executive Secretary, shall be ap-
pointed under the rules and regulations of the City Service
Commission. Sufficient funds may be appropriated by the city
to pay the compensation of such employees and the other ex-
penses of the Commission. The Mayor and City Council may