(a)Following the hearing specified in W.S. 15-9-109, the
local governing body may approve an urban renewal project and
the plan therefor if it finds that:
(i)A feasible method exists for the relocation of
families who will be displaced from the urban renewal area in
decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations within their
means and without undue hardship to those families;
(ii)The urban renewal plan conforms to the general
plan of the municipality as a whole;
(iii)The urban renewal plan gives due consideration
to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and
facilities that may be desirable for neighborhood improvement,
with special consideration for the health, safety and welfare of
children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by
the plan;
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(a) Following the hearing specified in W.S. 15-9-109, the
local governing body may approve an urban renewal project and
the plan therefor if it finds that:
(i) A feasible method exists for the relocation of
families who will be displaced from the urban renewal area in
decent, safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations within their
means and without undue hardship to those families;
(ii) The urban renewal plan conforms to the general
plan of the municipality as a whole;
(iii) The urban renewal plan gives due consideration
to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and
facilities that may be desirable for neighborhood improvement,
with special consideration for the health, safety and welfare of
children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by
the plan;
(iv) The urban renewal plan affords maximum
opportunity, consistent with the municipality's needs, for the
rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal area by
private enterprise.
(b) If the urban renewal area consists of an area of open
land to be acquired by the municipality, the area shall not be
so acquired unless:
(i) If it is to be developed for residential uses,
the local governing body shall determine that:
(A) A shortage of housing of sound standards and
design which is decent, safe and sanitary exists in the
municipality;
(B) The need for housing accommodations has been
or will be increased as a result of the clearance of slums in
other areas;
(C) The conditions of blight in the area and the
shortage of decent, safe and sanitary housing cause or
contribute to an increase in and spread of disease and crime and
constitute a menace to the public health, safety, morals or
welfare; and
(D) The acquisition of the area for residential
uses is an integral part of and essential to the program of the
municipality;
(ii) If it is to be developed for nonresidential
uses, the local governing body shall determine that the:
(A) Nonresidential uses are necessary and
appropriate to facilitate the proper growth and development of
the community in accordance with sound planning standards and
local community objectives;
(B) Acquisition may require the exercise of
governmental action as provided in this chapter, because of:
(I) Defective or unusual conditions of
title;
(II) Diversity of ownership;
(III) Tax delinquency;
(IV) Improper subdivisions;
(V) Outmoded street patterns;
(VI) Deterioration of site;
(VII) Economic disuse;
(VIII) Unsuitable topography or faulty lot
layouts;
(IX) Need for the correlation of the area
with other areas of a municipality by streets and modern traffic
requirements; or
(X) Any combination of factors specified in
this subparagraph or other conditions which retard development
of the area.