99.520 Legislative finding and policy of KRS 99.520 to 99.590. - Kentucky Statutes

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99.520 Legislative finding and policy of KRS 99.520 to 99.590. It is hereby found and declared that (1) there exist in communities of the state, slum,
blighted and deteriorated areas which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious
to the public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state, and the
findings and declarations heretofore made in KRS 99.330 with respect to slum and
blighted areas are hereby affirmed and restated, (2) certain slum, blighted or deteriorated
areas, or portions thereof, may require acquisition and clearance, as provided in KRS
99.330 to 99.510, since the prevailing condition of decay may make impracticable the
reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation, but other areas or portions
thereof may, through the means provided in KRS 99.330 to 99.510 and KRS 99.520 to
99.590, be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such a manner that the
conditions and evils hereinbefore enumerated may be eliminated, remedied or prevented,
and to the extent feasible salvable slum and blighted areas should be conserved and
rehabilitated through voluntary action and the regulatory process, and (3) all powers
conferred by KRS 99.330 to 99.510 and KRS 99.520 to 99.590, are for public uses and
purposes for which public money may be expended and such other powers exercised, and
the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of KRS 99.330 to 99.510 and KRS
99.520 to 99.590, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination. A
community, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the
provisions of KRS 99.330 to 99.510 and KRS 99.520 to 99.590, shall afford maximum
opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the community as a whole, to the
rehabilitation or redevelopment of areas by private enterprise. Effective: June 19, 1958
History: Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 159, sec. 7, effective June 19, 1958. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 215, sec. 1.