Alaska Statutes Title 18, Chapter 18.55, Article 03 - Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act

• Sec. 18.55.480 Findings and Declaration of Necessity.
  The legislature finds and declares that(1) slum and blighted areas exist in localities throughout the state and they constitute a serious and growing menace,...
• Sec. 18.55.490 Legislative Intent.
  It is the intent of the legislature in AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 to take advantage of 42 U.S.C. 1441 - 1469c (Title I of...
• Sec. 18.55.500 Interest of Members of Board of Directors or Employees of Corporation in Project Prohibited.
  (a) A member of the board of directors or employee of the corporation may not voluntarily acquire an interest, direct or indirect, in a...
• Sec. 18.55.510 Finding of Necessity by Municipality.
  (a) The corporation may not transact business or exercise its powers under AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 in a municipality until the governing body approves...
• Sec. 18.55.520 Powers of the Corporation.
  In addition to all powers previously vested in or granted to the corporation by any other law, the corporation has all the powers necessary...
• Sec. 18.55.525 Neighborhood Development Projects.
  (a) A neighborhood development project, as undertaken and administered by the corporation, shall consist of urban renewal project undertakings and activities in one or...
• Sec. 18.55.530 Preparation and Approval of Redevelopment Plans.
  (a) Except as provided in AS 18.55.520 (11), the corporation may not acquire real property for a redevelopment project unless the governing body of...
• Sec. 18.55.540 Disposal of Property in Redevelopment Project.
  (a) The corporation may sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise transfer real property or any interest in real property in a redevelopment project area to...
• Sec. 18.55.550 Eminent Domain.
  (a) The corporation may(1) acquire by eminent domain real property that it considers necessary within the boundaries of the redevelopment project or for its...
• Sec. 18.55.560 Acquisition and Development of Undeveloped Vacant Land.
  Upon a determination, by resolution, of the governing body of the municipality that the acquisition and development of undeveloped vacant land not within a...
• Sec. 18.55.570 Issuance of Bonds and Notes.
  (a) The corporation may(1) issue bonds and notes from time to time for any of the purposes of AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960, including the...
• Sec. 18.55.580 Power of Corporation to Provide Additional Security for Bonds.
  (a) In connection with the issuance of bonds or the incurring of obligations under leases, in order to secure the payment of the bonds...
• Sec. 18.55.590 Remedies of Obligee.
  An obligee of the corporation may, in addition to all other rights that may be conferred on the obligee, subject only to contractual restrictions...
• Sec. 18.55.600 Bonds As Legal Investment.
  (a) The following persons may legally invest sinking funds, money, and other funds belonging to them or within their control in the investments listed...
• Sec. 18.55.610 Conveyance to Federal Government on Default.
  In any contract for financial assistance with the federal government, the corporation may obligate itself to convey possession or title to the redevelopment project...
• Sec. 18.55.620 Property Exempt From Taxes and Execution.
  (a) All property held by the corporation for a purpose set out in AS 18.55.300 - 18.55.470 and in AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 is...
• Sec. 18.55.630 Cooperation by Public Bodies.
  (a) For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a redevelopment project located within the area in...
• Sec. 18.55.640 Report by the Authority. [Repealed, Sec. 140 Ch 4 Sla 1992].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 18.55.650 Title of Purchaser of Project Property.
  An instrument executed by the corporation and purporting to convey a right, title, or interest in property under AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 is conclusive...
• Sec. 18.55.660 Additional Powers of Governing Body.
  Whenever the corporation exercises its rights, powers, and duties under AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 in the area adjacent to a municipality, the governing body...
• Sec. 18.55.670 Preparation of General Plan by Local Governing Body.
  The governing body of a municipality, not authorized to create a planning commission with power to prepare a general plan for the redevelopment of...
• Sec. 18.55.680 Urban Renewal Projects; Definition.
  (a) In addition to the power given under AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960, the corporation may plan and undertake an urban renewal project. In AS...
• Sec. 18.55.690 Urban Renewal Plan; Definition.
  An urban renewal project undertaken pursuant to AS 18.55.680 shall be undertaken in accordance with an urban renewal plan for the area of the...
• Sec. 18.55.695 - 18.55.698. Use of Tax Collections; Loan Agreements; Taxation of Leased Property. [Repealed, Sec. 31 Ch 37 Sla 1986].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 18.55.700 Powers With Respect to Urban Renewal.
  (a) The corporation has all the powers necessary or convenient to undertake and carry out urban renewal plans and urban renewal projects, including the...
• Sec. 18.55.710 Public Bodies Authorized to Assist in Urban Renewal Projects.
  A municipality or other public body may, without limiting any provisions of AS 18.55.700 , do any and all things necessary to aid and...
• Sec. 18.55.720 Corporation May Delegate Functions to Municipalities and Public Bodies.
  The corporation may delegate to a municipality or other public body any of its powers or functions with respect to the planning or undertaking...
• Sec. 18.55.730 Agreements for Exercising Powers and Granting Assistance.
  Any public body may enter into agreements that may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with...
• Sec. 18.55.740 Workable Program.
  The governing body of a municipality, or a public officer or public body, as it designates, may prepare a workable program, including an official...
• Sec. 18.55.750 Municipality May Repair, Etc., Dwellings Unfit for Habitation.
  When a municipality finds that a dwelling exists that is unfit for human habitation due to dilapidation, defects increasing the hazard of fire, accident,...
• Sec. 18.55.760 Ordinances Relating to Unfit Dwellings.
  Upon the adoption of an ordinance finding that dwelling conditions of the character described in AS 18.55.750 exist in a municipality, its governing body...
• Sec. 18.55.770 What Ordinance Must Include.
  An ordinance adopted under AS 18.55.760 must provide that the corporation must exercise the powers prescribed by the ordinance. The ordinance must also contain...
• Sec. 18.55.780 Petition or Finding that Dwelling is Unfit and Filing of Complaint.
  When at least five residents file a petition charging that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation or when it appears to a public...
• Sec. 18.55.790 Pleadings and Hearing.
  The complaint must contain a notice of a hearing before the corporation or designated agent and the time and place fixed for the hearing....
• Sec. 18.55.800 Rules of Evidence Do Not Control in Hearings Before the Corporation.
  The rules of evidence in judicial proceedings are not controlling in hearings before the corporation.
• Sec. 18.55.810 Findings and Order.
  If, after the hearing, the executive director of the corporation determines that the dwelling is unfit for human habitation, the executive director shall state...
• Sec. 18.55.820 Ordinance to Fix Percentage of Cost As Reasonable.
  The ordinance of the municipality must fix the percentage of the cost of repair, alteration, or improvement for the purpose of determining whether the...
• Sec. 18.55.830 Failure of Owner to Comply With Order.
  (a) If the owner fails to comply with an order to repair, alter, or improve or to vacate and close the dwelling, the corporation...
• Sec. 18.55.840 Costs of Repair, Etc., are a Lien.
  If the corporation has the dwelling repaired, altered, improved, vacated and closed, removed or demolished, the costs, including costs of the proceeding and necessary...
• Sec. 18.55.850 Disposition of Material Where Dwelling is Removed or Demolished.
  If the corporation removes or demolishes the dwelling, it shall sell the materials and shall credit the proceeds of the sale against the costs...
• Sec. 18.55.860 Ordinance to Give Corporation Power to Determine Fitness of Dwellings for Habitation.
  (a) The ordinance adopted by a municipality under AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960(1) must provide that the corporation may determine that a dwelling is unfit...
• Sec. 18.55.870 Manner of Serving Parties in Interest.
  The corporation shall serve complaints and orders issued in accordance with AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 upon all parties in interest either personally or by...
• Sec. 18.55.880 Injunction to Prevent Corporation From Proceeding.
  A person affected by an order issued by the corporation may, within 60 days from the date the order is posted and served, petition...
• Sec. 18.55.890 Remedies Provided are Exclusive.
  The remedies provided in AS 18.55.880 are exclusive and a person affected by an order of the corporation may not recover damages for an...
• Sec. 18.55.900 Ordinance May Give Corporation Additional Powers.
  An ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality may authorize the corporation to exercise those powers that are necessary or convenient to...
• Sec. 18.55.910 Municipality to Prepare Estimate of Costs of Administration.
  After adopting an ordinance under AS 18.55.750 - 18.55.930 the governing body of the municipality shall as soon as possible prepare an estimate of...
• Sec. 18.55.930 Powers of a Municipality to Control Use and Occupancy of Dwellings.
  A municipality may, by ordinance adopted by its governing body,(1) prescribe minimum standards for the use and occupancy of dwellings inside its boundaries;(2) prevent...
• Sec. 18.55.932 Urban Redevelopment or Urban Renewal in a Disaster Area.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions in AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960, when the legal governing body certifies that an area is in need of redevelopment...
• Sec. 18.55.934 State Aid for an Urban Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Project in a Disaster Area.
  (a) In connection with any project carried out under AS 18.55.932, the commissioner of commerce, community, and economic development may contract with the corporation,...
• Sec. 18.55.940 Inconsistent Provisions Superseded.
  Insofar as the provisions of AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 are inconsistent with any other law, the provisions of AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 shall control.
• Sec. 18.55.945 Limitation. [Repealed, Sec. 31 Ch 37 Sla 1986].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 18.55.950 Definitions.
  In AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960, unless the context otherwise requires,(1) "area of operation" means the State of Alaska;(2) "blighted area" means an area, other...
• Sec. 18.55.960 Short Title.
  AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 may be cited as the Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.
• Sec. 18.55.970 - 18.55.990. Planning Assistance. [Repealed, Sec. 10 Ch 200 Sla 1972].
  Repealed or Renumbered

Last modified: November 15, 2016