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99.520 Legislative finding and policy of KRS 99.520 to 99.590.
It is hereby found and declared that (1) there exist in communities of the state, slum,
blighted and deteriorated areas which constitute a serious and growing menace,
injurious to the public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state,
and the findings and declarations heretofore made in KRS 99.330 with respect to
slum and blighted areas are hereby affirmed and restated, (2) certain slum, blighted
or deteriorated areas, or portions thereof, may require acquisition and clearance, as
provided in KRS 99.330 to 99.510, since the prevailing condition of decay may make
impracticable the reclamation of the area by conservation or rehabilitation, but other
areas or portions thereof may, through the means provided in KRS 99.330 to 99.510
and KRS 99.520 to 99.590, be susceptible of conservation or rehabilitation in such a
manner that the conditions and evils hereinbefore enumerated may be eliminated,
remedied or prevented, and to the extent feasible salvable slum and blighted areas
should be conserved and rehabilitated through voluntary action and the regulatory
process, and (3) all powers conferred by KRS 99.330 to 99.510 and KRS 99.520 to
99.590, are for public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended
and such other powers exercised, and the necessity in the public interest for the
provisions of KRS 99.330 to 99.510 and KRS 99.520 to 99.590, is hereby declared
as a matter of legislative determination. A community, to the greatest extent it
determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of KRS 99.330 to 99.510 and
KRS 99.520 to 99.590, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound
needs of the community as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of areas
by private enterprise.
Effective:June 19, 1958
History: Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 159, sec. 7, effective June 19, 1958. -Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 215, sec. 1.
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