Indiana § 36-7-15.1-2 Declaration of policy

Indiana Statutes

§ 36-7-15.1-2 — Declaration of policy

Indiana § 36-7-15.1-2

Title 36LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Art. 7PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Ch. 15.1Redevelopment of Areas in Marion County Needing

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(a)The assessment, clearance, remediation, replanning, and redevelopment of areas needing redevelopment are public and governmental functions that cannot be accomplished through the ordinary operations of private enterprise, due to the necessity for the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the necessity for requiring the proper use of the land so as to best serve the interests of the county and its citizens, and the cost of these projects.

(b)The conditions that exist in areas needing redevelopment are beyond remedy and control by regulatory processes because of the obsolescence and deteriorated conditions of improvements, environmental contamination, faulty land use, shifting of population, and technological and social changes.

(c)The assessment, clearing, remediation, replanning,

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(a) The assessment, clearance, remediation,
replanning, and redevelopment of areas needing redevelopment are
public and governmental functions that cannot be accomplished
through the ordinary operations of private enterprise, due to the
necessity for the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the
necessity for requiring the proper use of the land so as to best serve the
interests of the county and its citizens, and the cost of these projects.
(b) The conditions that exist in areas needing redevelopment are
beyond remedy and control by regulatory processes because of the
obsolescence and deteriorated conditions of improvements,
environmental contamination, faulty land use, shifting of population,
and technological and social changes.
(c) The assessment, clearing, remediation, replanning, and
redevelopment of areas needing redevelopment will benefit the health,
safety, morals, and welfare and will serve to protect and increase
property values in the county and the state.
(d) The assessment, clearance, remediation, replanning, and
redevelopment of areas needing redevelopment under this chapter are
public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and
private property may be acquired.
(e) This chapter shall be liberally construed to carry out the
purposes of this section.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.8. Amended by
P.L.185-2005, SEC.26; P.L.221-2007, SEC.40.