J. MILLARD TAWES, GOVERNOR                           1471

That a new Article is hereby added to the Charter of the City of
Rockville, the same being Chapter 49 of the Montgomery County
Code 1955 (Article 16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land) as amended by Resolution No. 24-60 of the Mayor and Council
of Rockville which Resolution became effective May 31, 1960, said
new Article to be known as Article XII-A, titled "Redevelopment-
Urban Renewal" and to follow immediately after Article XII, to
read as follows:

ARTICLE XII-A. Redevelopment-Urban Renewal

Section 1. Definitions.

The following terms wherever used or referred to in this Article
shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning is
clearly indicated by the context:

a)  ''Federal Government" shall mean the United States of America
or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the
United States of America.

b)  "Slum Area" shall mean any area where dwellings predominate
which, by reason of depreciation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement
or design, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or any
combination of these factors, are detrimental to the public safety,
health or morals.

c)  "Blighted Area" shall mean an area in which a majority of
buildings have declined in productivity by reason of obsolescence,
depreciation or other causes to an extent they no longer justify
fundamental repairs and adequate maintenance.

d)  "Urban Renewal Project" shall mean undertakings and activi-
ties of a municipality in an urban renewal area for the elimination
and for the prevention of the development or spread of slums and
blight, and may involve slum clearance and redevelopment in an
urban renewal area, or rehabilitation or conservation in an urban
renewal area, or any combination or part thereof in accordance with
an urban renewal plan. Such undertakings and activities may
include—

1)  acquisition of a slum area or a blighted area or portion thereof;

2)  demolition and removal of buildings and improvements;

3) installation, construction or reconstruction of streets, utilities,
parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for carrying
out in the urban renewal area the urban renewal objectives of this
Article in accordance with the urban renewal plan;

4) disposition of any property acquired in the urban renewal area
including sale, initial leasing or retention by the municipality itself,
at its fair value for uses in accordance with the urban renewal plan;

5)  carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory
repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements in
accordance with the urban renewal plan;

6)  acquisition of any other real property in the urban renewal
area where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, unsanitary or unsafe
conditions, lessen density, eliminate obsolete or other uses detri-