J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                       1637

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That 11 new sections under the new subheading "Redevelopment—
Urban Renewal," be and they are hereby added to the Charter of the
City of Hyattsville as this Charter is contained in the Code of Public
Local Laws of Prince George's County (1953 Edition, being Article
17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Prince
George's County," subtitle "Hyattsville," and all to read as follows:

Redevelopment—Urban Renewal
1. Definitions.

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

(b)  "Federal Government" shall include the United States of
America or any agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise,
of the United States of America.

(c)  "Slum Area" shall mean any area where dwellings predomi-
nate, which, by reason of depreciation, overcrowding, faulty arrange-
ment or design, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or any
combination of these factors, are detrimental to the public safety,
health or morals.

(d)  "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 funda-
mental repairs and adequate maintenance.

(e)  "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
subheading 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 detrimen-
tal to the public welfare, or otherwise to remove or prevent the spread
of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public facili-
ties; and