Section 18.55.480. Findings and declaration of necessity.

The legislature finds and declares that
        (1) slum and blighted areas exist in localities throughout the state and they constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious and inimical to the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the state;
        (2) the existence of these slum and blighted areas contributes substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and crime, necessitating excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for the preservation of the public health and safety, for crime prevention, correction, prosecution, punishment, and the treatment of juvenile delinquency and for the maintenance of adequate police, fire, and accident protection and other public services and facilities, and constitutes an economic and social liability, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of municipalities, and retards the provisions of housing accommodations;
        (3) this menace is beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory process in the exercise of the police power and cannot be dealt with effectively by the ordinary operations of private enterprise without the aids provided in AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960;
        (4) the elimination of slum conditions or conditions of blight, the acquisition and preparation of land in or necessary to the redevelopment of slum or blighted areas and its sale or lease for development or redevelopment in accordance with comprehensive plans and redevelopment plans of municipalities, and any assistance that may be given by any public body in connection therewith are public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and private property acquired; and
        (5) the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 is a matter for legislative determination.

Authorities

18.55.480;18.55.490;18.55.510;18.55.520;18.55.525;18.55.540;18.55.550;18.55.560;18.55.570;18.55.580;18.55.590;18.55.600;18.55.620;18.55.630;18.55.650;18.55.660;18.55.670;18.55.680;18.55.690;18.55.700;18.55.710;18.55.730;18.55.750;18.55.860;18.55.870;18.55.900;18.55.932;18.55.940;18.55.950;18.55.960;18.56.200

Notes

Implemented As

15 AAC 150.600

References

AS 18.55.480 Findings and declaration of necessity.
AS 18.55.490 Legislative intent.
AS 18.55.510 Finding of necessity by municipality.
AS 18.55.520 Powers of the corporation.
AS 18.55.525 Neighborhood development projects.
AS 18.55.540 Disposal of property in redevelopment project.
AS 18.55.550 Eminent domain.
AS 18.55.560 Acquisition and development of undeveloped vacant land.
AS 18.55.570 Issuance of bonds and notes.
AS 18.55.580 Power of corporation to provide additional security for bonds.
AS 18.55.590 Remedies of obligee.
AS 18.55.600 Bonds as legal investment.
AS 18.55.620 Property exempt from taxes and execution.
AS 18.55.630 Cooperation by public bodies.
AS 18.55.650 Title of purchaser of project property.
AS 18.55.660 Additional powers of governing body.
AS 18.55.670 Preparation of general plan by local governing body.
AS 18.55.680 Urban renewal projects; definition.
AS 18.55.690 Urban renewal plan; definition.
AS 18.55.700 Powers with respect to urban renewal.
AS 18.55.710 Public bodies authorized to assist in urban renewal projects.
AS 18.55.730 Agreements for exercising powers and granting assistance.
AS 18.55.750 Municipality may repair, etc., dwellings unfit for habitation.
AS 18.55.860 Ordinance to give corporation power to determine fitness of dwellings for habitation.
AS 18.55.870 Manner of serving parties in interest.
AS 18.55.900 Ordinance may give corporation additional powers.
AS 18.55.932 Urban redevelopment or urban renewal in a disaster area.
AS 18.55.940 Inconsistent provisions superseded.
AS 18.55.950 Definitions.
AS 18.55.960 Short title.
AS 18.56.200 Annual report.

History

(Sec. 2 ch 105 SLA 1951)