Oregon Statutes 457.035 – Urban renewal agencies; creation; ordinance to exercise powers; area of operation
(1) In each municipality, as defined in ORS § 457.010, there hereby is created a public body corporate and politic to be known as the ‘urban renewal agency‘ of the municipality. However, the urban renewal agency shall not exercise its powers until or unless the governing body of the municipality, by nonemergency ordinance, declares that blighted areas exist in the municipality and that there is need for an urban renewal agency to function in the municipality and elects to have the powers of an urban renewal agency exercised in any of the three ways provided in ORS § 457.045.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 457.035
- agency: means an urban renewal agency created under ORS § 457. See Oregon Statutes 457.010
- authority: means any housing authority established pursuant to the Housing Authorities Law. See Oregon Statutes 457.010
- Blighted areas: means areas that, by reason of deterioration, faulty planning, inadequate or improper facilities, deleterious land use or the existence of unsafe structures, or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to the safety, health or welfare of the community. See Oregon Statutes 457.010
- Municipality: means any county or any city in this state. See Oregon Statutes 457.010
- public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
(2) An urban renewal agency, upon activation under subsection (1) of this section, shall have authority to exercise its powers within the same area of operation given a housing authority of the municipality under ORS § 456.060. [Formerly 457.130]
[Repealed by 1979 c.621 § 28]