BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

2097

MAKE INSPECTIONS, SURVEYS, APPRAISALS, SOUNDINGS, OR TEST
BORINGS, AND TO OBTAIN AN ORDER FOR THIS PURPOSE FROM THE
CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE MUNICIPALITY IS
SITUATED IN THE EVENT ENTRY IS DENIED OR RESISTED;

(7)    TO PLAN, REPLAN, INSTALL, CONSTRUCT,
RECONSTRUCT, REPAIR, CLOSE, OR VACATE STREETS, ROADS,
SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC UTILITIES, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, AND OTHER
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH AN URBAN RENEWAL A
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS PROJECT; AND TO MAKE
EXCEPTIONS FROM BUILDING REGULATIONS;

(8)    TO GENERALLY ORGANIZE, COORDINATE, AND
DIRECT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SUBHEADING AS THEY APPLY TO THE MUNICIPALITY IN ORDER THAT
THE OBJECTIVE OF REMEDYING SLUM AND BLIGHTED AREAS AND
PREVENTING ITS CAUSES WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY MAY BE
PROMOTED AND ACHIEVED MOST EFFECTIVELY; AND

(9)    TO EXERCISE ALL OR ANY PART OR COMBINATION
OF THE POWERS GRANTED IN THIS SUBHEADING.

241G.

(A)    A MUNICIPALITY MAY ITSELF EXERCISE ALL THE POWERS
GRANTED BY THIS SUBHEADING, OR MAY, IF ITS LEGISLATIVE BODY
BY ORDINANCE DETERMINES THE ACTION TO BE IN THE PUBLIC
INTEREST, ELECT TO HAVE THE POWERS EXERCISED BY A SEPARATE
PUBLIC BODY OR AGENCY.

(B)    IN THE EVENT THE LEGISLATIVE BODY MAKES THAT
DETERMINATION, IT SHALL PROCEED BY ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A
PUBLIC BODY OR AGENCY TO UNDERTAKE IN THE MUNICIPALITY THE
ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED BY THIS SUBHEADING.

(C)    THE ORDINANCE SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS
ESTABLISHING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC BODY OR
AGENCY, THE MANNER OF THEIR APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL, AND THE
TERMS OF THE MEMBERS AND THEIR COMPENSATION.

(D)    THE ORDINANCE MAY INCLUDE WHATEVER ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PUBLIC BODY
OR AGENCY AS MAY BE NECESSARY.

(E)    IN THE EVENT THE LEGISLATIVE BODY ENACTS THIS
ORDINANCE, ALL OF THE POWERS BY THIS SUBHEADING GRANTED TO
THE MUNICIPALITY, FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE,
ARE VESTED IN THE PUBLIC BODY OR AGENCY ESTABLISHED BY THE
ORDINANCE.

241H.

THE AGENCY MAY NOT:

(A)         PASS A RESOLUTION TO INITIATE AN URBAN RENEWAL A

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS PROJECT PURSUANT TO

SECTIONS 241E AND 241F OF THIS SUBHEADING.