Ch. 400

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

PERIOD, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OR RULE OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY),
AND TO INCLUDE IN ANY CONTRACT FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR OR WITH RESPECT TO AN URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT
AND RELATED ACTIVITIES ANY CONDITIONS IMPOSED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL LAWS
AS THE MUNICIPALITY CONSIDERS REASONABLE AND APPROPRIATE;

(6)      TO ENTER INTO ANY BUILDING OR PROPERTY IN ANY URBAN
RENEWAL AREA IN ORDER TO 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 PROJECT; AND TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS FROM BUILDING
REGULATIONS;

(8)      TO GENERALLY ORGANIZE, COORDINATE, AND DIRECT THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS APPENDIX 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 APPENDIX.

A1-104. ESTABLISHMENT OF URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY.

(A)     A MUNICIPALITY MAY ITSELF EXERCISE ALL THE POWERS GRANTED BY
THIS APPENDIX, 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
APPENDIX.

(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 APPENDIX GRANTED TO THE MUNICIPALITY, FROM THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE ORDINANCE, ARE VESTED IN THE PUBLIC BODY OR AGENCY
ESTABLISHED BY THE ORDINANCE.

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