2098                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 709

(B) ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS PURSUANT TO
SECTION 241L OF THIS SUBHEADING.

(C) APPROPRIATE FUNDS OR LEVY TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 241E (3) OF THIS SUBHEADING.

241-I.

IN ORDER TO INITIATE AN URBAN RENEWAL A COMMUNITY

DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS PROJECT, THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF
THE MUNICIPALITY SHALL ADOPT A RESOLUTION WHICH:

(A)    FINDS THAT ONE OR MORE SLUM OR BLIGHTED AREAS
EXIST IN THE MUNICIPALITY;

(B)    LOCATES AND DEFINES THE SLUM OR BLIGHTED AREA;

(C)    FINDS THAT THE REHABILITATION, REDEVELOPMENT, OR
A COMBINATION OF THEM, OF THE AREA OR AREAS, IS NECESSARY
AND IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS,
OR WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE MUNICIPALITY.

241J.

(A) IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SUBHEADING, THE MUNICIPALITY SHALL HAVE PREPARED AN URBAN
RENEWAL A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS PLAN FOR SLUM
OR BLIGHTED AREAS IN THE MUNICIPALITY, AND SHALL APPROVE THE
PLAN FORMALLY. PRIOR TO ITS APPROVAL OF AN URBAN RENEWAL RENEWAL A
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS PROJECT, THE MUNICIPALITY
SHALL SUBMIT THE PLAN TO THE PLANNING BODY OF THE
MUNICIPALITY FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO ITS
CONFORMITY WITH THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
MUNICIPALITY AS A WHOLE. THE PLANNING BODY SHALL SUBMIT ITS
WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED URBAN
RENEWAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS PLAN TO THE
MUNICIPALITY WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE PLAN FOR
REVIEW. UPON RECEIPT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLANNING
BODY OR, IF NO RECOMMENDATIONS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN THE 60
DAYS, THEN WITHOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE MUNICIPALITY MAY
PROCEED WITH A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED URBAN RENEWAL

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS PROJECT. THE

MUNICIPALITY SHALL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN URBAN RENEWAL

A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS PROJECT AFTER PUBLIC

NOTICE OF IT BY PUBLICATION IN A NEWSPAPER HAVING A GENERAL
CIRCULATION WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPALITY.
THE NOTICE SHALL DESCRIBE THE TIME, DATE, PLACE, AND PURPOSE
OF THE HEARING, SHALL GENERALLY IDENTIFY THE URBAN RENEWAL
AREA COVERED BY THE PLAN, AND SHALL OUTLINE THE GENERAL
SCOPE OF THE URBAN RENEWAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANTS PROJECT UNDER CONSIDERATION. FOLLOWING THE HEARING,
THE MUNICIPALITY MAY APPROVE AN URBAN RENEWAL A COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS PROJECT AND THE PLAN THEREFOR IF IT
FINDS THAT:

(1) A FEASIBLE METHOD EXISTS FOR THE LOCATION
OF ANY FAMILIES OR NATURAL PERSONS WHO WILL BE DISPLACED
FROM THE URBAN RENEWAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AREA IN DECENT,