2488                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [Ch. 494

Approved April 22, 1975.

CHAPTER 194
(House Bill 1379)

AN ACT concerning

Caroline County — Urban Renewal in Denton

FOR the purpose of authorizing the municipal corporation
of Denton in Caroline County to undertake by
appropriate legislative action an urban renewal and
redevelopment program; defining certain terms;
specifying certain powers of Denton with regard to
urban renewal projects; establishing an urban
renewal agency; providing for the preparation and
approval of a plan for an urban renewal project;
providing for the disposal of property in an urban
renewal area; granting certain powers of eminent
domain; encouraging certain private enterprise;
providing for general obligation and revenue bonds;
and establishing a short title.

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Caroline County
Section 84A through 84M to be under the new

subheading "Redevelopment — Urban Renewal"
Article 6 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1965 Edition, as amended)

Preamble

WHEREAS, It is hereby found and declared that there
exist in Denton, Maryland areas or conditions which
require redevelopment, renewal, or rehabilitation with
the aid and assistance of Federal and other Government
Funds; that the existence of those areas contributes to
the spread of crime and disease, constitutes an economic
and moral liability, decreases the tax base, reduces tax
revenues, increases juvenile delinquency, aggravates
traffic conditions and causes numerous traffic problems;
that the prevention and elimination of these conditions
is a matter of public concern of the State of Maryland
and Denton, Caroline County. It is further found and
declared that the existence of these conditions makes it