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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3463-12/1/1986ORDINANCE NO. 3463 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND DESIGNATING THE BOUNDARIES OF AN URBAN REVITALIZATION AREA IN THE CITY OF WATERLOO. WHEREAS, the 68th General Assembly of the State of Iowa did adopt the Urban Revitalization Act known as Chapter 404 of the Iowa Code which relates to property tax exemptions for property on which improvements have been made in a revitalization area of the city and authorizing cities to issue revenue bonds for revitalization and urban renewal areas: and WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the City of Waterloo that the City of Waterloo (herein called the "City") undertake and carry out an Urban Revitalization Program (herein called the "Program") in the Black Hawk Street Urban Revitalization Area of the City encompassing a tract of land situated in the City of Waterloo, County of Black Hawk, State of Iowa, legally described as follows: The area beginning at the intersection of Bluff Street and West Eleventh Street, hence northeast via West Eleventh Street to the flood control levee, hence easterly via the flood control levee to the intersection of West Eighteenth Street, hence southwest via West Eighteenth Street to the intersection of Bluff Street, hence northwest via Bluff Street to the said beginning point, all in the City of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the City Council for review and approval an Urban Revitalization Plan prepared in accordance with Chapter 404 of the Iowa Code; and WHEREAS, the members of the City Council have general knowledge of the conditions prevailing in the revitalization area. and WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted a Resolution No. 1986-441 finding that the rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, or a combination thereof of the area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, or welfare of the residents of the City and the revitalization area meets the criteria of Section Two (2) of Chapter 404 of the Iowa Code; and WHEREAS the City has filed a copy of the proposed plan for the designated revitalization area with the City Development Board by the fourteenth day before the scheduled public hearing; and WHEREAS, the City has scheduled a public hearing and notified all owners of record of real property located within the proposed area, the tenants living within the proposed area and the City Development Board in accordance and with Section Four Hundred Four point Two (404.2) of the Code of the City has also sent notice by ordinary mail to the last known address of record and also sent notice by ordinary mail to the "occupants" of city addresses located within the proposed area, such notices having been given by the thirtieth day prior to the public hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Chapter 404 of Iowa Code; and WHEREAS, the public hearing has been held on the 27th day of October, 1986; and WHEREAS, a second public hearing has not been deemed necessary in accord with Subsection Six (6) of Section Two (2) of the Urban Revitalization Act, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA Section 1. The Black Hawk Street Urban Revitalization Plan is hereby adopted and a copy of said Plan shall remain on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa. ORDINANCE NO. 3463 PAGE TWO 3311AHIOAv w 4 Section 2. There is hereby designated as a revitalization area the following described real estate located in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa: m The area beginning at the intersection of Bluff Street and West Eleventh Street, hence northeast via West Eleventh Street to the flood control levee, hence easterly via the flood control levee to the intersection of West Eighteenth Street, hence southwest via West Eighteenth Street to the intersection of Bluff Street, hence northwest via Bluff Street to the said beginning point, all in the City of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa. Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Section 4. It is the intention of the City Council that each section, paragraph, sentence, clause and provision of this ordinance is separable; and if any provision is held unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the remainder of this ordinance, nor any part thereof other than that affected by such decision. Passed, and adopted this 1st day of December, 1986. ATTEST: urger ty Clerk/Auditor ack Seeber, Mayor Pro-7em CERTIFICATE I, Larry P. Burger, City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, do hereby certify that attached hereto is a true and complete copy of Ordinance No. 3463, as passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa., on the 1st day of December, 1986. Witness My Hand and Seal of Office this 2nd day of December, 1Q86. Burger,; ty erkTAuditor