The authority may not acquire real property for a renewal project unless the municipal officers of the municipality have approved the renewal plan by resolution, as prescribed in this section.
1.Comprehensive plan.
The authority shall not recommend an urban renewal plan to the municipal officers until a comprehensive plan in substance for the development of the municipality has been prepared under chapter 191.
2.Urban renewal plan.
The authority may prepare or have prepared an urban renewal plan, or any person or agency, public or private, may submit such a plan to the authority. An urban renewal plan must be sufficiently complete to indicate its relationship to definite local objectives as to appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational
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The authority may not acquire real property for a renewal project unless the municipal officers of the municipality have approved the renewal plan by resolution, as prescribed in this section.
1.
Comprehensive plan.
The authority shall not recommend an urban renewal plan to the municipal officers until a comprehensive plan in substance for the development of the municipality has been prepared under chapter 191.
2.
Urban renewal plan.
The authority may prepare or have prepared an urban renewal plan, or any person or agency, public or private, may submit such a plan to the authority. An urban renewal plan must be sufficiently complete to indicate its relationship to definite local objectives as to appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities and other public improvements and the proposed land uses and building requirements in the urban renewal area, and must include, but is not limited to:
3.
Recommendations by planning board.
Before recommending an urban renewal plan to the municipal officers for approval, if the plan has not been prepared by the planning board, the authority shall submit the plan to the planning board for review and recommendations as to its conformity with the comprehensive plan. The planning board shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed renewal plan to the authority within 45 days after receiving the plan for review.
4.
Whether plan accomplishes certain purposes.
Before recommending an urban renewal plan to the municipal officers for approval, the authority shall consider whether the proposed land uses and building requirements in the renewal project area are designed with the general purpose of accomplishing, in conformity with the comprehensive plan, a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of the municipality which will, in accordance with present and future needs, promote health, safety, morals, order, convenience, prosperity and the general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development, including, among other things, adequate provision for:
5.
Recommendation by authority accompanied by recommendation of planning board.
The recommendation of an urban renewal plan by the authority to the municipal officers shall be accompanied by:
6.
Public hearing; notice.
The municipal officers shall hold a public hearing on an urban renewal plan after reasonable public notice, but not less than 7 days, by publication in a newspaper having general circulation in the area of operation of the municipality. The notice must:
7.
Approval of renewal plan; disapproval.
Following the hearing under subsection 6, the municipal officers may approve by resolution a renewal plan if they find that the plan is feasible and in conformity with the comprehensive plan. If the planning board disapproves any renewal plan, the plan must be approved by a 2/3 vote of the municipal officers. A renewal plan which was not approved by the municipal officers when recommended by the authority may again be recommended to them with any modifications considered advisable.
8.
Modification of renewal plan.
The authority may modify an urban renewal plan at any time, provided that, if modified after the lease or sale of real property in the redevelopment project area, the modification is consented to by the redeveloper or redevelopers of that real property or their successor or successors in interest affected by the proposed modification. Where the proposed modification will substantially change the urban renewal plan as previously approved by the municipal officers, the modification must similarly be approved by the municipal officers under subsection 7.