HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1765

Plan of Baltimore City and the Baltimore Redevelopment Com-
mission shall have the following powers and authorities:

1. The Commission on City Plan of Baltimore City
(i) may designate as a Redevelopment Area, any area of
not less than eight acres nor more than eighty acres, which
the Commission on City Plan of Baltimore City determines to
be the whole or any part of a slum or blighted area and to be
an appropriate area for redevelopment, and shall designate in
detail the boundaries of any such Redevelopment Area, on a
Master Plan of Blighted and Slum Areas, and may from time
to time modify such boundaries. Such designations and modi-
fications shall be final only after approval by the Mayor and
City Council, by ordinance;

(ii) shall determine for each Redevelopment Area the needs
for streets and all other public uses, and designate the portions
of such areas to be so used, in conformity with any existing
Master Plan or Detailed Plan.

2. The Baltimore Redevelopment Commission

(i) shall determine and define for each Redevelopment Area
proper densities of population, land uses, land coverage and
standards and limitations upon physical structures and im-
provements, and, in making such determinations, shall be
guided by the need for the harmonious development of the city,
the elimination of existing slum and blighted areas and of
causes for the possible development of future ones, and the pro-
motion of the public safety, health, and welfare;

(ii) shall receive or prepare a detailed plan for the rede-
velopment of any Redevelopment Area, and, subject to the
final approval of the Commission on City Plan of Baltimore
City, may adopt such a plan as the Redevelopment Plan for
such Redevelopment Area, and may from time to time, subject
to the same approval, adopt amendments thereto;

(iii) shall prepare or obtain a complete financial plan of
operation for the redevelopment of such Redevelopment Area
or project comprising a part thereof;

(iv) may acquire by purchase, lease or condemnation real
estate in any Redevelopment Area for redevelopment in accord-
ance with the applicable Redevelopment Plan;

(v) after the acquisition, by purchase or option, of at least
50% of the land in any Redevelopment Area, may exercise, in
accordance with Article 33A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land, the power of eminent domain to condemn and acquire the
other land in such Redevelopment Area, for redevelopment in
accordance with the applicable Redevelopment Plan;

(vi) may reserve for, sell, lease, transfer and convey to the
United States, the State of Maryland, the Mayor and City
Council of Baltimore, or any department or agency of said