§ 36-7-14-36 — Neighborhood development programs; authorization; procedure; federal aid

Indiana § 36-7-14-36

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 7: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
• Ch. 14: Redevelopment of Areas Needing Redevelopment

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(a) In addition to all of the other powers,
authority, and jurisdiction of a redevelopment commission operating
under this chapter, a commission may undertake a neighborhood
development program. A neighborhood development program may
include one (1) or more contiguous or noncontiguous areas needing
redevelopment. These areas may include redevelopment project areas
or urban renewal project areas.
(b) Whenever the redevelopment commission finds that any area in
the territory under their jurisdiction is an area needing redevelopment
to an extent that cannot be corrected by regulatory processes or by the
ordinary operations of private enterprise without resort to the
provisions of this chapter, and that the public health and welfare would
be benefited by the redevelopment or urban renewal of that area under
this chapter, the commission shall prepare a description and map
showing the boundaries of the area to be included in the neighborhood
development program.
(c) After preparation of the description and map under subsection
(b), the redevelopment commission shall adopt a resolution declaring,
confirming, and delineating the general boundaries of the area and of
the parts of that area that are to be designated as redevelopment project
areas or urban renewal areas. However, an area may not be designated
as a redevelopment project area or urban renewal area unless the
required appraisals, maps, plats and plans have been prepared and all
other requirements of this chapter are met.
(d) Areas designated as redevelopment project areas or urban
renewal areas under this section are considered to be redevelopment
project areas or urban renewal areas for all purposes of this chapter.
Areas within the neighborhood development program area that are not
so designated are not considered to be redevelopment project areas or
urban renewal areas until designated as such by an amendment to the
neighborhood development plan, adopted in the same manner and with
the same procedure as a declaratory and confirmatory resolution
declaring an area a redevelopment project area or urban renewal area.
(e) The redevelopment commission may make studies, appraisals,
maps, plats, and plans of areas within the neighborhood development
program area that have not been designated as redevelopment project
areas or urban renewal project areas. However, the commission may
not acquire any land in those areas until the neighborhood development
plan has been amended to designate that land as a part of an urban
renewal or redevelopment project area.
(f) The redevelopment commission may amend the neighborhood
development plan, in the manner prescribed by subsection (d), to
include additional areas in the neighborhood development program
areas, either generally or as urban renewal or redevelopment project
areas.
(g) The redevelopment commission may apply for and accept
advances, loans, grants, contributions, and any other forms of financial
assistance from the federal government, may contract with the federal
government for any costs arising from a neighborhood development
program, or may otherwise contract with the federal government
concerning a neighborhood development program, to the same extent
as they may for urban renewal project areas.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations:
18-7-7-34.5; 18-7-7.1-35.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.33. Amended by
P.L.185-2005, SEC.21.