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Ch. 27
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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of St. Michaels in Talbot County to undertake by
appropriate legislative action an urban renewal and
redevelopment program; defining certain terms;
specifying certain powers of St. Michaels 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.
Preamble
WHEREAS, It is hereby found and declared that there
exists in St. Michaels, 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 St. Michaels, Talbot
County. It is further found and declared that the
existence of these conditions makes it necessary to
acquire private property for redevelopment, renewal, and
rehabilitation and such acquisition is hereby declared to
be for a public purpose; now, therefore,
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the following new Sections to be under the
new subheading "Redevelopment - Urban Renewal", under the
subtitle "St. Michaels", be and they are hereby added to
the Public Local Laws of Talbot County, being Article 21
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland (1930
Edition, as amended) to read as follows:
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Article 21
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REDEVELOPMENT - URBAN RENEWAL
1. DEFINITIONS
(A) IN THIS SUBHEADING THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE
THE MEANINGS INDICATED.
(B) "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT" MEANS THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA OR ANY AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY, CORPORATE OR
OTHERWISE, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
(C) "SLUM AREA" MEANS ANY AREA WHERE DWELLINGS
PREDOMINATE WHICH, BY REASON OF DEPRECIATION,
OVERCROWDING, FAULTY ARRANGEMENT OR DESIGN, LACK OF
VENTILATION, LIGHT, OR SANITARY FACILITIES, OR ANY
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