63-67 Necessity of urban renewal in blighted areas

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~7) A statement of the relationship of the plan to such definite objectives of the City respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic conditions and transportation, public utilities, recreation and community facilities and other public improvements. Section 7. ACTIOb? BY PLAW~ING COFiMISSION (a) When a General Neighborhood Renewal Plan or an Urban Renewal or Urban Redevelopment Plan and the supporting documentation therefore is filed with the Council, the Council shall refer such Plan and supporting documentation to the Planning Commission of the City for its review and recommendations including its approval or disapproval thereof by causing a copy of such Plan and supporting documentation to be delivered to the person charged with the preparation and custody of the record of proceedings of the Planning Commission. (b) The Planning Commission shall submit in writing to the Council its approval or recommendations concerning suchPlan. Except as recommenda- tions or disapprovals are received from the Planning Commission on or before the sixtieth day after the day of delivery to the person charged with the preparation and custody of the record of proceedings of the Planning Commission of such Plan and supporting documentation, the Plan shall be conclusively pre- sumed to have been approved by the Planning Commission. Section 8. PUBLIC HEARING AifD COLR'~CIL ACTION (a) The Council, before approving a General Neighborhood Renewal Plan or an Urban Renewal or Urban Redevelopment Plan, shall hold a public hearing on the Plan at which an opportunity shall be provided to all persons interested to be heard either in person or by counsel, which hearing may be adjourned from time to time. Notice of the date, time and place of such hearing will be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City once a week for two consecutive weeks on the same day of the week, and at least seven full days shall elapse between the second publication and the date set for the public hearing. Said notice shall also contain a descrip- tion of the Project Area by its location in relation to highways, streets, watercourses or other natural or artificial boundaries, and shall also designate the place at which the Plan, maps~ plats and other materials des- cribing the Project Area are and will be $~ailable for public inspection. lb) Following the completion of such public hearing, the Council may either approve or reject the General Neighborhood Renewal Plan or the Urban Renewal or Urban Redevelopment Plan, or make modifications and approve such Plan as modified; provided that, if (1) the boundaries of the Project Area' are extended to include any land (except land contained within the right-of- way lines of a dedicated street or alley) not included in the Urban Renewal or Urban ~edevelopment Plan upon which the public hearing was held pursuant to subsection 8fa) hereof, or if there is added a type of Urban Renewal or Redevelopment activity not included in the Urban Renewal or Urban I, ledevelop- ment Plan upon which the public hearing was held pursuant to subsection 8(a) hereof which requires the acquisition of property or if there is any change deemed by the Council to be substantial in land use or redevelopment restrictions contained in the Urban Renewal or Urban Redevelopment Plan upon which the public hearing was held pursuant to subsection 8(a) hereof, a public hearing shall be held on such Urban Renewal or Urban Eedevelopment Plan as modified prior to the approval thereof by the Council in accordance with the provisions of subsection 8(a) hereof; and (2) such modifications are other than in accordance with the recommendations of the Planning Com- mission, such General Neighborhood Renewal Plan or Urban Renewal Plan or Urban Redevelopment Plan as modified shall be resubmitted to the Planning Commission for its written approval or recommendations pursuant to the provisions to Section 7 hereinabove. (c) When the Council wishes to approve a General Neighborhood Renewal Plan, or an Urban Penewal or Redevelopment Plan, it shall do so by ordinance passed by not less than a majority vote, pursuant to the City Charter, provided, however, if such plan has not been approved by the Plan- ning Commission, or if there were any partial disapprovals by or adverse recommendations of the Commission not accepted by the Council by its modifi- cations of the Plan in accordance therewith, then an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of Council shall be required to pass such ordinance. - 5 -