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EMBELLISHMENT OF HISTORIC STRUCTURES OR
MONUMENTS.

(F)  URBAN RENEWAL AREA SHALL MEAN A SLUM AREA OR A
BLIGHTED AREA OR A COMBINATION THEREOF WHICH THE
MUNICIPALITY DESIGNATES AS APPROPRIATE FOR AN URBAN
RENEWAL PROJECT.

(G)   URBAN RENEWAL PLAN SHALL MEAN A PLAN, AS IT
EXISTS FROM TIME TO TIME, FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT,
WHICH PLAN SHALL BE SUFFICIENTLY COMPLETE TO INDICATE
SUCH LAND ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF
STRUCTURES,          REDEVELOPMENT,         IMPROVEMENTS AND
REHABILITATION AS MAY BE PROPOSED TO BE CARRIED OUT IN
THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA, ZONING AND PLANNING CHANGES,
IF ANY, LAND USES, MAXIMUM DENSITY AND BUILDING
REQUIREMENTS.

(H) BONDS SHALL MEAN ANY BONDS (INCLUDING REFUNDING
BONDS) NOTES, INTERIM CERTIFICATES, CERTIFICATES OF
INDEBTEDNESS, DEBENTURES OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS.

(I) PERSON SHALL MEAN ANY INDIVIDUAL, FIRM,
PARTNERSHIP, CORPORATION, COMPANY, ASSOCIATION, JOINT
STOCK ASSOCIATION, OR BODY POLITIC; AND SHALL INCLUDE
ANY TRUSTEE, RECEIVER, ASSIGNEE, OR OTHER PERSON ACTING
IN SIMILAR REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY.

(J) MUNICIPALITY SHALL MEAN MAYOR AND COMMON
COUNCIL OF CAPITOL HEIGHTS, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN
THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

90-2. POWERS. THE MUNICIPALITY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND
EMPOWERED TO CARRY OUT URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS WHICH
SHALL BE LIMITED TO SLUM CLEARANCE IN SLUM OR BLIGHTED
AREAS AND REDEVELOPMENT OR THE REHABILITATION OF SLUM
OR BLIGHTED AREAS; TO ACQUIRE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH
PROJECTS, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE
MUNICIPALITY, LAND AND PROPERTY OF EVERY KIND AND ANY
RIGHT, INTEREST, FRANCHISE, EASEMENT OR PRIVILEGE
THEREIN, INCLUDING LAND OR PROPERTY AND ANY RIGHT OR
INTEREST THEREIN ALREADY DEVOTED TO PUBLIC USE, BY
PURCHASE, LEASE, GIVE, CONDEMNATION OR ANY OTHER LEGAL
MEANS; TO SELL, LEASE, CONVEY, TRANSFER OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSE OF ANY OF SAID LAND OR PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, REDEVELOPED,
ALTERED OR IMPROVED AND IRRESPECTIVE OF THE MANNER OR
MEANS IN OR BY WHICH IT MAY HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED, TO ANY
PRIVATE, PUBLIC OR QUASI PUBLIC CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP,
ASSOCIATION, PERSON OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY. NO LAND OR
PROPERTY TAKEN BY THE MUNICIPALITY FOR ANY OF THE
AFORMENTIONED PURPOSES OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
EXERCISE OF ANY OF THE POWERS WHICH BY THIS SUBHEADING
ARE GRANTED TO THE MUNICIPALITY BY EXERCISING THE
POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN SHALL BE TAKEN WITHOUT JUST
COMPENSATION, AS AGREED UPON BETWEEN THE PARTIES, OR
AWARDED BY A JURY, BEING FIRST PAID OR TENDERED TO THE
PARTY ENTITLED TO SUCH COMPENSATION. ALL LAND OR