J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                        269

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That a new section is hereby added to the Charter of the Town of
Westernport, the same being Sections 571 to 598, inclusive, of
Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland; said new
section to be known as Section 598-A, titled "Redevelopment-Urban
Renewal", and to follow immediately after Section 598; to read as
follows:

Section 598-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 include 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 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.

(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 fun-
damental repairs and adequate maintenance.

(d)  "Urban Renewal Project" shall mean undertakings and activ-
ities 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 re-
newal 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-