§ 157-42. Conveyance, lease or agreement in aid of housing project.
§ 157‑42. Conveyance, lease or agreement in aid of housing project.
For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, constructionand operation of housing projects located within their respective territorialboundaries, the State, its subdivisions and agencies, and any county, city ormunicipality of the State may, upon such terms, with or without considerationsas it may determine:
(1) Dedicate, release, sell, convey, or lease any of itsinterest in any property, or grant easements, licenses or any other rights orprivileges therein to a housing authority or the United States of America orany agency thereof;
(2) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community,educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works, which itis otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or inconnection with housing projects;
(3) Furnish, dedicate, close, pave, install, grade, regrade,plan or replan streets, roads, roadways, alleys, sidewalks or other places,which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;
(4) Plan or replan, zone, or rezone; make exceptions frombuilding regulations and ordinances; any city or town also may change its map;
(5) Cause services to be furnished to the housing authority ofthe character which it is otherwise empowered to furnish;
(6) Enter into agreements with respect to the exercise by it ofits powers relating to the repair, closing or demolition of unsafe, insanitaryor unfit dwellings;
(7) Enter into agreements (which may extend over any period, notwithstandingany provision or rule of law to the contrary) with a housing authorityrespecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by thisArticle. Any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding, any sale,conveyance, lease or agreement provided for in this section may be made by theState, a city, county, municipality, subdivision or agency of the State withoutappraisal, public notice, advertisement or public bidding.
(8) With respect to any housing project which a housing authorityhas acquired or taken over from the United States of America or any agencythereof and which the housing authority by resolution has found and declared tohave been constructed in a manner that will promote the public interest andafford necessary safety, sanitation and other protection, no city or countyshall require any changes to be made in the housing project or the manner ofits construction or take any other action relating to such construction. (1935, c. 408, s. 3; 1939, c. 137.)