Sec. 7-601. Neighborhood revitalization planning committee. Strategic plan.
Sec. 7-601. Neighborhood revitalization planning committee. Strategic plan.
(a) Upon passage of a resolution pursuant to section 7-600, a neighborhood revitalization
planning committee may organize to develop a strategic plan to revitalize the neighborhood. The membership of such committee shall reflect the composition of the neighborhood and include, but not be limited to, tenants and property owners, community organizations and representatives of businesses located in the neighborhood or which own
property in the neighborhood. A majority of the members shall be residents of the neighborhood. The chief executive official may appoint a municipal official to the committee
who shall be a voting member. The committee shall adopt bylaws which shall include
a process for consensus-building decision-making. Notice of adoption of such bylaws
and any amendments thereto shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality not more than seven days after adoption or amendment.
(b) The neighborhood revitalization planning committee shall develop a strategic
plan for short-term and long-term revitalization of the neighborhood. The plan shall be
designed to promote self-reliance in the neighborhood and home ownership, property
management, sustainable economic development, effective relations between landlords
and tenants, coordinated and comprehensive delivery of services to the neighborhood
and creative leveraging of financial resources and shall build neighborhood capacity
for self-empowerment. The plan shall consider provisions for obtaining funds from
public and private sources. The plan shall consider provisions for property usage, neighborhood design, traditional and nontraditional financing of development, marketing
and outreach, property management, utilization of municipal facilities by communities,
recreation and the environment. The plan may contain an inventory of abandoned, foreclosed and deteriorated property, as defined in section 7-600, located within the revitalization zone and may analyze federal, state and local environmental, health and safety
codes and regulations that impact revitalization of the neighborhood. The plan shall
include recommendations for waivers of state and local environmental, health and safety
codes that unreasonably jeopardize implementation of the plan, provided any waiver
shall be in accordance with section 7-605 and shall not create a substantial threat to the
environment, public health, safety or welfare of residents or occupants of the neighborhood. The plan may include components for public safety, education, job training,
youths, the elderly and the arts and culture. The plan may contain recommendations
for the establishment by the municipality of multiagency collaborative delivery teams,
including code enforcement teams. The plan shall assign responsibility for implementing each aspect of the plan and may have recommendations for providing authority to
the chief executive official to enter into tax agreements and to allocate municipal funds
to achieve the purposes of the plan. The plan shall include a list of members and the
bylaws of the committee.
(c) The neighborhood revitalization planning committee shall conduct a public
hearing on the proposed strategic plan, notice of the time and place of which shall be
published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality at least twice
at intervals of not less than two days, the first not more than fifteen days nor less than
ten days and the last not less than two days prior to the day of such hearing. The proposed
plan shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for
review. The secretary may submit comments on the plan to the neighborhood revitalization planning committee.
(d) The strategic plan shall be adopted in accordance with the bylaws of the neighborhood revitalization planning committee. The committee shall submit the approved
strategic plan to the legislative body of the municipality for adoption by ordinance
pursuant to section 7-602.
(P.A. 95-340, S. 2; P.A. 06-196, S. 44.)
History: P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 7, 2006.