HomeMy WebLinkAboutD-720 Est.Redevelopment Dept.ORDINANCE NO.D-720
An Ordinance Amending
An Ordinance to Establish a Department of
Redevelopment Pursuant to IC 36-7-14 and
Repealing all Ordinances inconsistent therewith.
WHEREAS, the Indiana General Assembly has empowered cities to establish
a Department of Redevelopment with all the powers set forth in IC 36-7-14
("Act");
WHEREAS, the Act states that the clearance, replanning and redevelopment
of blighted areas and economic development areas are public uses and purposes
for which public money may be spent and private property may be acquired;
WHEREAS, the Act declares that each unit shall, to the extent feasible
under the Act and consistent with the needs'of the unit, afford a maximum
opportunity for rehabilitation or redevelopment of areas by private
enterprise; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council, of the City of Carmel, Hamilton County,
Indiana now deems it to be in the best interest of the City and its citizens
to afford a maximum opportunity for rehabilitation or redevelopment of areas
by private enterprise by establishing a Department of Redevelopmerit;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY the Common Council, of the City of
Carmel,Indiana, that:
1. The Common Council, of the City of Carmel, hereby establishes the
Department of Redevelopment of the City. The Department will be controlled by
a board of five members known as the Redevelopment Commission of the City of
Carmel.
2. Pursuant to the Act all of the territory within the corporate
boundaries of the City will be a taxing district to be known as the
Redevelopment District of the City of Carmel, Indiana for the purpose of
levying and collecting special benefit taxes for redevelopment purposes as
provided in the Act. The Common Council of the City of Carmel, finds and
determines that all of the taxable property within this special taxing
district will be considered to be benefitted by the redevelopment projects
carried out under the Act to the extent of the special taxes levied under the
Act.
3. The Common Council shall appoint two members of the Commission and
the Mayor shall appoint three members of the Commission. Each member
appointed shall be at least eighteen years of age and a resident of the City
of Carmel.
4. All other ordinances, resolutions or parts thereof in conflict with
the provisions and the intent of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
5. This ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its
passage.
ATTESTATION:
/US/W.JONES, C k/Treasurer
op$by t Common Council of the City of Carmel, Indiana this
of ~ 1991.'
COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CAREEL, INDIANA
By~
DOROTHY ~CO ~
Dated: S day of ~ ~ , 1991