66.42
66.42
Urban redevelopment; city improvements. For the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, construction or operation of any such plan located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any local governing body may upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:
66.42(1)
(1) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects;
66.42(2)
(2) 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.
66.421
66.421
Urban redevelopment; appropriations. The city is authorized to appropriate moneys for the purpose of making plans and surveys to carry out such redevelopment, and for any purpose required to carry out the intention of
ss. 66.405 to
66.425.
66.422
66.422
Urban redevelopment; construction of statute. Sections 66.405 to
66.425 shall be construed liberally to effectuate the purposes hereof, and the enumeration therein of specific powers shall not operate to restrict the meaning of any general grant of power contained in
ss. 66.405 to
66.425 or to exclude other powers comprehended in such general grant.
66.424
66.424
Urban redevelopment; conflict of laws. Insofar as
ss. 66.405 to
66.425 are inconsistent with any other law, the provisions of these sections shall be controlling.
66.425
66.425
Urban redevelopment; supplemental powers. The powers conferred by
ss. 66.405 to
66.425 shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
66.43
66.43
Blighted area law. 66.43(1)(1)
Short title. This section shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the "blighted area law."
66.43(2)
(2) Findings and declaration of necessity. It is hereby found and declared that there have existed and continue to exist in cities within the state, substandard, insanitary, deteriorated, slum and blighted areas which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious and inimical to the public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the state; that the existence of such areas contributes substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and crime (necessitating excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for the preservation of the public health and safety, for crime prevention, correction, prosecution, punishment, and the treatment of juvenile delinquency and for the maintenance of adequate police, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities), constitutes an economic and social liability, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of cities, and retards the provision of housing accommodations; that this menace is beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory process in the exercise of the police power and cannot be dealt with effectively by the ordinary operations of private enterprise without the aids herein provided; that the acquisition of property for the purpose of eliminating substandard, insanitary, deteriorated, slum or blighted conditions thereon or preventing recurrence of such conditions in the area, the removal of structures and improvement of sites, the disposition of the property for redevelopment incidental to the foregoing, and any assistance which may be given by cities or any other public bodies in connection therewith, are public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and the power of eminent domain exercised; and that the necessity in the public interest for the provisions herein enacted is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to contravene, repeal or rescind the finding and declaration of necessity heretofore set forth in
s. 66.43 (2) prior to the recreation thereof on July 10, 1953.
66.43(2m)
(2m) Discrimination. Persons otherwise entitled to any right, benefit, facility or privilege under this section shall not, with reference thereto, be denied them in any manner for any purpose nor be discriminated against because of sex, race, color, creed, sexual orientation or national origin.
66.43(3)
(3) Definitions. The following terms whenever used or referred to in this section shall, for the purposes of this section and unless a different intent clearly appears from the context, be construed as follows:
66.43(3)(a)
(a) "Blighted area" means any area, including a slum area, in which a majority of the structures are residential or in which there is a predominance of buildings or improvements, whether residential or nonresidential, and which, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency and crime, and is detrimental to the public health, safety, morals or welfare.
66.43(3)(c)
(c) "Housing" includes housing, dwelling, habitation and residence.
66.43(3)(d)
(d) "Land" includes bare or vacant land, or the land under buildings, structures or other improvements, also water and land under water. When employed in connection with "use", as for instance, "use of land" or "land use", "land" also includes buildings, structures and improvements existing or to be placed thereon.
66.43(3)(e)
(e) "Lessee" includes the successors or assigns and successors in title of the lessee.
66.43(3)(f)
(f) "Local legislative body" means the board of alderpersons, common council, council, commission or other board or body vested by the charter of the city or other law with jurisdiction to enact ordinances or local laws.
66.43(3)(g)
(g) "Planning commission" means the board, commission or agency of the city authorized to prepare, adopt or amend or modify a master plan of the city.
66.43(3)(h)
(h) "Project area" means a blighted area or portion of a blighted area, as defined in
par. (a), of such extent and location as adopted by the planning commission and approved by the local legislative body as an appropriate unit of redevelopment planning for a redevelopment project, separate from the redevelopment projects in other parts of the city. In the provisions of this section relating to leasing or sale by the city, for abbreviation "project area" is used for the remainder of the project area after taking out those pieces of property which shall have been or are to be transferred for public uses.
66.43(3)(i)
(i) "Public body" means the state or any city, county, town, village, board, commission, authority, district or any other subdivision or public body of the state.
66.43(3)(j)
(j) "Purchaser" includes the successors or assigns and successors in title of the purchaser.
66.43(3)(k)
(k) "Real property" includes land; also includes land together with the buildings, structures, fixtures and other improvements thereon; also includes liens, estates, easements and other interests therein; and also includes restrictions or limitations upon the use of land, buildings or structures, other than those imposed by exercise of the police power.
66.43(3)(L)
(L) "Redevelopment company" means a private or public corporation or body corporate, including a public housing authority, carrying out a plan under this section.
66.43(3)(m)
(m) "Redevelopment project" means any work or undertaking to acquire blighted areas or portions thereof, and lands, structures, or improvements, the acquisition of which is necessary or incidental to the proper clearance or redevelopment of such areas or to the prevention of the spread or recurrence of slum conditions or conditions of blight in such areas; to clear any such areas by demolition or removal of existing buildings, structures, streets, utilities, or other improvements thereon and to install, construct, or reconstruct streets, utilities, and site improvements essential to the preparation of sites for uses in accordance with a redevelopment plan; or to sell, lease or otherwise make available land in such areas for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial or other use or for public use, or to retain such land for public use, in accordance with a redevelopment plan. The term "redevelopment project" may also include the preparation of a redevelopment plan, the planning, surveying, and other work incident to a redevelopment project, and the preparation of all plans and arrangements for carrying out a redevelopment project. "Redevelopment plan" means a plan for the acquisition, clearance, reconstruction, rehabilitation or future use of a redevelopment project area.
66.43(3)(n)
(n) "Rentals" means rents specified in a lease to be paid by the lessee to the city.
66.43(4)(a)(a) Every city is granted, in addition to its other powers, all powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this section, including the following powers in addition to others herein granted:
66.43(4)(a)1.
1. To prepare or cause to be prepared redevelopment plans and to undertake and carry out redevelopment projects within its corporate limits.
66.43(4)(a)2.
2. To enter into any contracts determined by the local legislative body to be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
66.43(4)(a)3.
3. Within its boundaries, to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, any real or personal property or any interest therein, together with any improvements thereon, necessary or incidental to a redevelopment project; to hold, improve, clear or prepare for redevelopment any such property; to sell, lease, subdivide, retain for its own use, mortgage, or otherwise encumber or dispose of any such property or any interest therein; to enter into contracts with redevelopers of property containing covenants, restrictions, and conditions regarding the use of such property in accordance with a redevelopment plan and such other covenants, restrictions and conditions as it may deem necessary to prevent a recurrence of blighted areas or to effectuate the purposes of this section; to make any of such covenants, restrictions, conditions or covenants running with the land, and to provide appropriate remedies for any breach thereof.
66.43(4)(a)4.
4. To borrow money and issue bonds, and to apply for and accept advances, loans, grants, contributions, and any other form of financial assistance from the federal, state or county government, or other public body or from any sources, for the purpose of this section; to give such security as may be required, and to enter into and carry out contracts in connection therewith.
66.43(4)(b)
(b) Condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of real property necessary or incidental to a redevelopment project shall be conducted in accordance with
ch. 32 or any other laws applicable to the city.
66.43(4)(c)
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the local legislative body may designate, by ordinance or resolution, any local housing authority existing under
ss. 66.40 to
66.404, any local redevelopment authority existing under
s. 66.431, or both jointly, or any local community development authority existing under
s. 66.4325, as the agent of the city to perform any act, except the development of the general plan of the city, which may otherwise be performed by the planning commission under this section.
66.43(5)
(5) General and project area redevelopment plans. 66.43(5)(a)(a) The planning commission is hereby directed to make and, from time to time, develop a comprehensive or general plan of the city, including the appropriate maps, charts, tables and descriptive, interpretive and analytical matter, which plan is intended to serve as a general framework or guide of development within which the various area and redevelopment projects under this section may be more precisely planned and calculated, and which comprehensive or general plan shall include at least a land use plan which designates the proposed general distribution and general locations and extents of the uses of the land for housing, business, industry, recreation, education, public buildings, public reservations and other general categories of public and private uses of the land.
66.43(5)(b)
(b) For the exercise of the powers granted and for the acquisition and disposition of real property for the redevelopment of a project area, the following steps and plans shall be requisite, namely:
66.43(5)(b)1.
1. Designation by the planning commission of the boundaries of the project area proposed by it for redevelopment, submission of such boundaries to the local legislative body and the adoption of a resolution by said local legislative body declaring such area to be a blighted area in need of redevelopment.
66.43(5)(b)2.
2. Adoption by the planning commission and approval by the local legislative body of the redevelopment plan of the project area. Such redevelopment plan shall conform to the general plan of the city and shall be sufficiently complete to indicate its relationship to definite local objectives as to appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements in the project area, and shall include, without being limited to, a statement of the boundaries of the project area; a map showing existing uses and conditions of real property therein; a land use plan showing proposed uses of the area; information showing the standards of population density, land coverage, and building intensity in the area after redevelopment; a statement of proposed changes, if any, in zoning ordinances or maps and building codes and ordinances; a statement as to the kind and number of site improvements and additional public utilities which will be required to support the new land uses in the area after redevelopment; and a statement of a feasible method proposed for the relocation of families to be displaced from the project area.
66.43(5)(b)3.
3. Approval of a redevelopment plan of a project area by the local legislative body may be given only after a public hearing conducted by it, and a finding by it that said plan is feasible and in conformity with the general plan of the city. Notice of such hearing, describing the time, date, place and purpose of the hearing and generally identifying the project area, shall be published as a class 2 notice, under
ch. 985, the last insertion to be at least 10 days prior to the date set for the hearing. All interested parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity at the hearing to express their views respecting the proposed plan, but the hearing shall be only for the purpose of assisting the local legislative body in making its determination.
66.43(5)(c)
(c) In relation to the location and extent of public works and utilities, public buildings and other public uses in the general plan or in a project area plan, the planning commission is directed to confer with such other public officials, boards, authorities and agencies under whose administrative jurisdictions such uses respectively fall.
66.43(5)(d)
(d) After a project area redevelopment plan of a project area shall have been adopted by the planning commission and approved by the local legislative body, the planning commission may at any time certify said plan to the local legislative body, whereupon said body shall proceed to exercise the powers granted to it in this section for the acquisition and assembly of the real property of the area. Following such certification, no new construction shall be authorized by any agencies, boards or commissions of the city, in such area, unless as authorized by the local legislative body including substantial remodeling or conversion or rebuilding, enlargement or extension of major structural improvements on existing buildings, but not including ordinary maintenance or remodeling or changes necessary to continue the occupancy.
66.43(6)
(6) Transfer, lease or sale of real property in project areas for public and private uses. 66.43(6)(a)(a) After the real property in the project area has been assembled, the city shall have power to lease or sell all or any part of the real property, including streets or parts thereof to be closed or vacated in accordance with the plan, to a redevelopment company or to an individual, a limited liability company or a partnership for use in accordance with the redevelopment plan. Real property in the project area shall be leased or sold at its fair value for uses in accordance with the redevelopment plan notwithstanding that the fair value may be less than the cost of acquiring and preparing the property for redevelopment. In determining the property's fair value, a city shall take into account and give consideration to the following:
66.43(6)(a)2.
2. The restrictions upon and covenants, conditions and obligations assumed by the purchaser or lessee, and the objectives of the redevelopment plan for the prevention of the recurrence of slum or blighted areas.
66.43(6)(a)3.
3. Any other matters that the city considers appropriate.
66.43(6)(b)
(b) Any such lease or sale may be made without public bidding, but only after a public hearing by the planning commission upon the proposed lease or sale and the provisions thereof; and notice of the hearing shall be published as a class 2 notice, under
ch. 985.
66.43(6)(c)
(c) The terms of such lease or sale shall be fixed by the planning commission and approved by the local legislative body and the instrument of lease may provide for renewals upon reappraisals and with rentals and other provisions adjusted to such reappraisals. Every such lease or sale shall provide that the lessee or purchaser shall carry out or cause to be carried out the approved project area redevelopment plan or approved modifications thereof and that no use shall be made of any land or real property included in the lease or sale nor any building or structure erected thereon which does not conform to such approved plan or approved modifications thereof. In the instrument or instruments of lease or sale, the planning commission, with the approval of the local legislative body, may include such other terms, conditions and provisions as in its judgment will provide reasonable assurance of the priority of the obligations of the lease or sale and of conformance to the plan over any other obligations of the lessee or purchaser and also assurance of the financial and legal ability of the lessee or purchaser to carry out and conform to the plan and the terms and conditions of the lease or sale; also, such terms, conditions and specifications concerning buildings, improvements, subleases or tenancy, maintenance and management and any other matters as the planning commission, with the approval of the local legislative body, may impose or approve, including provisions whereby the obligations to carry out and conform to the project area plan shall run with the land. In the event that maximum rentals to be charged to tenants of housing be specified, provision may be made for periodic reconsideration of such rental bases.
66.43(6)(d)
(d) Until the planning commission certifies, with the approval of the local legislative body, that all building constructions and other physical improvements specified to be done and made by the purchaser of the area have been completed, the purchaser shall have no power to convey the area, or any part thereof, without the consent of the planning commission and the local legislative body, and no such consent shall be given unless the grantee of the purchaser is obligated, by written instrument, to the city to carry out that portion of the redevelopment plan which falls within the boundaries of the conveyed property and also that the grantee, and the heirs, representatives, successors and assigns of the grantee shall have no right or power to convey, lease or let the conveyed property or any part thereof, or erect or use any building or structure erected thereon free from obligation and requirement to conform to the approved project area redevelopment plan or approved modifications thereof.
66.43(6)(f)
(f) The planning commission may, with the approval of the local legislative body, cause to have demolished any existing structure or clear the area of any part thereof, or may specify the demolition and clearance to be performed by a lessee or purchaser and the time schedule for same. The planning commission, with the approval of the local legislative body, shall specify the time schedule and conditions for the construction of buildings and other improvements.
66.43(6)(g)
(g) In order to facilitate the lease or sale of a project area or, in the event that the lease or sale is of parts of an area, the city shall have the power to include in the cost payable by it the cost of the construction of local streets and sidewalks within the area or of grading and other local public surface or subsurface facilities necessary for shaping the area as the site of the redevelopment of the area. The city may arrange with the appropriate federal, state or county agencies for the reimbursement of such outlays from funds or assessments raised or levied for such purposes.
66.43(7)
(7) Housing for displaced families. In connection with every redevelopment plan the housing authority shall formulate a feasible method for the temporary relocation of persons living in areas that are designated for clearance and redevelopment. In addition the housing authority and the local legislative body will assure that decent, safe and sanitary dwellings substantially equal in number to the number of substandard dwellings to be removed in carrying out the redevelopment are available, or will be provided, at rents or prices within the financial reach of the income groups displaced.
66.43(8)
(8) Use-value appraisals. After the city shall have assembled and acquired the real property of the project area, it shall, as an aid to it in determining the rentals and other terms upon which it will lease or the price at which it will sell the area or parts thereof, place a use value upon each piece or tract of land within the area which, in accordance with the plan, is to be used for private uses or for low-rent housing, such use value to be based on the planned use; and, for the purposes of this use valuation, it shall cause a use valuation appraisal to be made by the local commissioner of assessments or assessor; but nothing contained in this section shall be construed as requiring the city to base its rentals or selling prices upon such appraisal.
66.43(9)
(9) Protection of redevelopment plan. 66.43(9)(a)(a) Previous to the execution and delivery by the city of a lease or conveyance to a redevelopment company, or previous to the consent by the city to an assignment or conveyance by a lessee or purchaser to a redevelopment company, the articles or certificate of incorporation or association or charter or other basic instrument of such company shall contain provisions so defining, limiting and regulating the exercise of the powers of the company that neither the company nor its stockholders, its officers, its directors, its members, its beneficiaries, its bondholders or other creditors or other persons shall have any power to amend or to effect the amendment of the terms and conditions of the lease or the terms and conditions of the sale without the consent of the planning commission, together with the approval of the local legislative body, or, in relation to the project area development plan, without the approval of any proposed modification in accordance with
sub. (10); and no action of stockholders, officers, directors, bondholders, creditors, members, partners or other persons, nor any reorganization, dissolution, receivership, consolidation, foreclosure or any other change in the status or obligation of any redevelopment company, partnership, limited liability company or individual in any litigation or proceeding in any federal or other court shall effect any release or any impairment or modification of the lease or terms of sale or of the project area redevelopment plan unless such consent or approval be obtained.
66.43(9)(b)
(b) Redevelopment corporations may be organized under the general corporation law of the state and shall have the power to be a redevelopment company under this section, and to acquire and hold real property for the purposes set forth in this section, and to exercise all other powers granted to redevelopment companies in this section, subject to the provisions, limitations and obligations herein set forth.
66.43(9)(c)
(c) A redevelopment company, individual, limited liability company or partnership to which any project area or part thereof is leased or sold under this section shall keep books of account of its operations of or transactions relating to such area or part entirely separate and distinct from accounts of and for any other project area or part thereof or any other real property or enterprise; and no lien or other interest shall be placed upon any real property in said area to secure any indebtedness or obligation of the redevelopment company, individual, limited liability company or partnership incurred for or in relation to any property or enterprise outside of said area.
66.43(10)
(10) Modification of development plans. An approved project area redevelopment plan may be modified at any time or times after the lease or sale of the area or part thereof provided that the modification be consented to by the lessee or purchaser, and that the proposed modification be adopted by the planning commission and then submitted to the local legislative body and approved by it. Before approval, the local legislative body shall hold a public hearing on the proposed modification, notice of the time and place of which shall be given by mail sent at least 10 days prior to the hearing to the then owners of the real properties in the project area and of the real properties immediately adjoining or across the street from the project area. The local legislative body may refer back to the planning commission any project area redevelopment plan, project area boundaries or modification submitted to it, together with its recommendation for changes in such plan, boundaries or modification and, if such recommended changes be adopted by the planning commission and in turn formally approved by the local legislative body, the plan, boundaries or modification as thus changed shall be and become the approved plan, boundaries or modification.
66.43(11)
(11) Limitation upon tax exemption. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize or require the exemption of any real property from taxation, except real property sold, leased or granted to and acquired by a public housing authority. No real property acquired pursuant to this section by a private redevelopment company, individual, limited liability company or partnership either by lease or purchase shall be exempt from taxation by reason of such acquisition.
66.43(12)
(12) Financial assistance. The city may accept grants or other financial assistance from the federal, state and county governments or from other sources to carry out the purposes of this section, and may do all things necessary to comply with the conditions attached to such grants or loans.
66.43(13)
(13) Cooperation and use of city funds. 66.43(13)(a)(a) To assist any redevelopment project located in the area in which it is authorized to act, any public body may, upon such terms as it may determine: Furnish services or facilities, provide property, lend or contribute funds, and perform any other action of a character which it is authorized to perform for other purposes.
66.43(13)(b)
(b) Every city may appropriate and use its general funds to carry out the purposes of this section and to obtain such funds may, in addition to other powers set forth in this section, incur indebtedness, and issue bonds in such amount or amounts as the local legislative body determines by resolution to be necessary for the purpose of raising funds for use in carrying out the purposes of this section; provided, that any issuance of bonds by a city pursuant to this provision shall be in accordance with such statutory and other legal requirements as govern the issuance of obligations generally by the city.
66.43(14)
(14) Limited obligations. For the purpose of carrying out or administering a redevelopment plan or other functions authorized under this section, any city may issue municipal obligations payable solely from and secured by a pledge of and lien upon any or all of the income, proceeds, revenues, funds and property of the city derived from or held by it in connection with redevelopment projects, including the proceeds of grants, loans, advances or contributions from any public or private source. Municipal obligations issued under this subsection may be registered under
s. 67.09 but shall otherwise be in such form, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be issued and sold in such manner, and contain such terms, covenants, and conditions as the local legislative body of the city shall, by resolution, determine. The municipal obligations shall be fully negotiable, shall not require a referendum, and shall not be subject to the provisions of any other law or charter relating to the issuance or sale of municipal obligations. Obligations under this section sold to the United States government need not be sold at public sale. In this subsection, "municipal obligation" has the meaning specified in
s. 67.01 (6).
66.43(15)
(15) Construction. This section shall be construed liberally to effectuate the purposes hereof and the enumeration therein of specific powers shall not operate to restrict the meaning of any general grant of power contained in this section or to exclude other powers comprehended in such general grant.
66.43(16)
(16) Validation. All contracts, agreements, obligations and undertakings of cities entered into before July 10, 1953 and all proceedings, acts and things undertaken before such date, performed or done pursuant to, or purporting to be pursuant to, the blighted area law and
s. 67.04, are hereby validated, ratified, confirmed, approved and declared legal in all respects, notwithstanding any defect or irregularity therein or any want of statutory authority.
66.43(17)
(17) Liquidation and disposal. Projects held under this section may be liquidated and disposed of under
s. 66.40 (25).
66.431
66.431
Blight elimination and slum clearance. 66.431(1)(1)
Short title. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Blight Elimination and Slum Clearance Act".
66.431(2)
(2) Findings. In addition to the findings and declarations made in
ss. 66.43 (2) and
66.435, which findings and declarations are in all respects affirmed, restated and incorporated herein, it is further found and declared that the existence of substandard, deteriorated, slum and blighted areas and blighted properties is a matter of statewide concern; that it is the policy of this state to protect and promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the people of the state in which such areas and blighted properties exist by the elimination and prevention of such areas and blighted properties through the utilization of all means appropriate for that purpose, thereby encouraging well-planned, integrated, stable, safe and healthful neighborhoods, the provision of healthful homes, a decent living environment and adequate places for employment of the people of this state and its communities in such areas and blighted properties; that the purposes of this section are to provide further for the elimination and prevention of substandard, deteriorated, slum and blighted areas and blighted properties through redevelopment and other activities by state-created agencies and the utilization of all other available public and private agencies and resources, thereby carrying out the policy of this state as heretofore declared; that state agencies are necessary in order to carry out in the most effective and efficient manner the state's policy and declared purposes for the prevention and elimination of substandard, deteriorated, slum and blighted areas and blighted properties; and that such state agencies shall be available in all the cities in the state to be known as the redevelopment authorities of the particular cities, to carry out and effectuate the provisions of this section when the local legislative bodies of the cities determine there is a need for them to carry out within their cities the powers and purposes of this section; and any assistance which may be given by cities or any other public bodies in connection therewith, are public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended; and that the necessity in the public interest for the provisions herein enacted is declared a matter of legislative determination. Nothing contained herein is deemed to contravene, repeal or rescind the finding or declaration of necessity prior to the recreation thereof on June 1, 1958.
66.431(2m)
(2m) Definitions. As used or referred to in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
66.431(2m)(a)
(a) "Abandoned highway corridor" means land in any city designated by the department of transportation for use as part of an expressway or a freeway, which is no longer designated by the department for that purpose.
66.431(2m)(b)1.
1. An area, including a slum area, in which there is a predominance of buildings or improvements, whether residential or nonresidential, which by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age or obsolescence, inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open spaces, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency, or crime, and is detrimental to the public health, safety, morals or welfare.
66.431(2m)(b)2.
2. An area which by reason of the presence of a substantial number of substandard, slum, deteriorated or deteriorating structures, predominance of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility or usefulness, unsanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements, diversity of ownership, tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land, defective or unusual conditions of title, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of a city, retards the provision of housing accommodations or constitutes an economic or social liability and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals, or welfare in its present condition and use.
66.431(2m)(b)3.
3. An area which is predominantly open and which because of obsolete platting, diversity of ownership, deterioration of structures or of site improvements, or otherwise, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the community.
66.431(2m)(bm)
(bm) "Blighted property" means any property within a city, whether residential or nonresidential, which by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age or obsolescence, inadequate provisions for ventilation, light, air or sanitation, high density of population and overcrowding, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency or crime, and is detrimental to the public health, safety, morals or welfare, or any property which by reason of faulty lot layout in relation to size, adequacy, accessibility or usefulness, insanitary or unsafe conditions, deterioration of site or other improvements, diversity of ownership, tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair market value of the land, defective or unusual conditions of title, or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire and other causes, or any combination of such factors, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of a city, retards the provisions of housing accommodations or constitutes an economic or social liability and is a menace to the public health, safety, morals or welfare in its present condition and use, or any property which is predominantly open and which because of obsolete platting, diversity of ownership, deterioration of structures or of site improvements, or otherwise, substantially impairs or arrests the sound growth of the community.
66.431(2m)(c)
(c) "Blight elimination, slum clearance and urban renewal program", "blight elimination and urban renewal program", "redevelopment, slum clearance or urban renewal program", "redevelopment or urban renewal program", and "redevelopment program", mean undertakings and activities for the elimination and for the prevention of the development or spread of blighted areas.
66.431(2m)(d)
(d) "Blight elimination, slum clearance and urban renewal project", "redevelopment and urban renewal project", "redevelopment or urban renewal project", "redevelopment project", "urban renewal project" and "project" mean undertakings and activities in a project area for the elimination and for the prevention of the development or spread of slums and blight, and may involve clearance and redevelopment in a project area, or rehabilitation or conservation in a project area, or any combination or part thereof in accordance with a "redevelopment plan", "urban renewal plan", "redevelopment or urban renewal plan", "project area plan" or "redevelopment and urban renewal plan", either one of which means the redevelopment plan of the project area prepared and approved as provided in
sub. (6). Such undertakings and activities may include:
66.431(2m)(d)3.
3. Installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for carrying out in the project area the objectives of this section in accordance with the redevelopment plan;
66.431(2m)(d)4.
4. Disposition of any property acquired in the project area (including sale, initial leasing or retention by the authority itself) at its fair value for uses in accordance with the redevelopment plan;
66.431(2m)(d)5.
5. Carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements in accordance with the redevelopment plan; and
66.431(2m)(d)6.
6. Acquisition of any other real property in the project area where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, insanitary or unsafe conditions, lessen density, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare, or otherwise to remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public facilities.
