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1 1 Section 1. Section 403.5, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. A municipality shall not approve an urban renewal
1 4 project for an urban renewal area unless the governing body
1 5 has, by resolution, determined the area to be a slum area,
1 6 blighted area, economic development area or a combination of
1 7 those areas, and designated the area as appropriate for an
1 8 urban renewal project. The local governing body shall not
1 9 approve an urban renewal plan until a general plan for the
1 10 municipality has been prepared. For this purpose and other
1 11 municipal purposes, authority is vested in every municipality
1 12 to prepare, to adopt and to revise from time to time, a
1 13 general plan for the physical development of the municipality
1 14 as a whole, giving due regard to the environs and metropolitan
1 15 surroundings. A municipality shall not acquire real property
1 16 for an urban renewal project unless the local governing body
1 17 has approved the urban renewal project in accordance with
1 18 subsection 4. Notwithstanding any provisions in this chapter
1 19 to the contrary, a municipality shall not approve an urban
1 20 renewal project for retail development and a municipality
1 21 shall not approve an urban renewal plan that contains separate
1 22 urban renewal projects for retail development. For purposes
1 23 of this subsection, "retail development" means construction or
1 24 reconstruction of a building or structure which is used or
1 25 intended to be used by any person, firm, partnership,
1 26 association, or corporation who operates, maintains, or
1 27 conducts, either in person, or by any agent or employee, any
1 28 place of business from which any goods or services are sold or
1 29 offered for sale, at retail, for consumption or use, and
1 30 includes ancillary buildings or structures, such as parking
1 31 facilities and storage buildings.
1 32 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate
1 33 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
1 34 EXPLANATION
1 35 This bill prohibits a municipality from approving an urban
2 1 renewal project for retail development. The bill also
2 2 prohibits a municipality from approving an urban renewal plan
2 3 if it contains separate urban renewal projects for retail
2 4 development. The bill defines "retail development".
2 5 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
2 6 LSB 2095HH 80
2 7 sc/sh/8
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