66.1327
66.1327
Urban redevelopment; construction of statute; conflict of laws; supplemental powers. 66.1327(1)
(1)
Sections 66.1301 to
66.1329 shall be construed liberally to effectuate the purposes of urban redevelopment, and the enumeration of specific powers does not operate to restrict the meaning of any general grant of power contained in
ss. 66.1301 to
66.1329 or to exclude other powers comprehended in the general grant.
66.1327(2)
(2) If
ss. 66.1301 to
66.1329 are inconsistent with any other law, the provisions of these sections are controlling.
66.1327(3)
(3) The powers conferred by
ss. 66.1301 to
66.1329 are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law.
66.1327 History
History: 1999 a. 150 ss.
428,
429,
431,
433.
66.1329
66.1329
Urban redevelopment; enforcement of duties. If a redevelopment corporation fails to substantially comply with the development plan within the time limits for the completion of each stage, reasonable delays caused by unforeseen difficulties excepted, or violates or is about to violate
ss. 66.1301 to
66.1329, the failure to comply or actual or possible violation may be certified by the planning commission to the city attorney of the city. The city attorney may commence a proceeding in the circuit court of the county in which the city is in whole or in part situated in the name of the city for the purpose of seeking appropriate relief. The court shall, immediately after a default in answering or after answer, inquire into the facts and circumstances in the manner that the court directs without other or formal proceedings, and without respect to any technical requirements. The court may join as parties any other persons it deems necessary or proper in order to make its order or judgment effective. The final judgment or order in the action or proceeding shall dismiss the action or proceeding or grant appropriate relief.
66.1329 History
History: 1997 a. 187;
1999 a. 150 s.
413; Stats. 1999 s. 66.1329.
66.1331(1)(1)
Short title. This section shall be known and may be cited and referred to as the "blighted area law."
66.1331(2)
(2) Findings and declaration of necessity. It is 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. The existence of these 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. 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 provided in this section. The acquisition of property for the purpose of eliminating substandard, insanitary, deteriorated, slum or blighted conditions or preventing recurrence of these conditions in the area, the removal of structures and improvement of sites, the disposition of the property for redevelopment incidental to these activities, and any assistance which may be given by cities or any other public bodies, are public uses and purposes for which public money may be expended and the power of eminent domain exercised. The necessity in the public interest for the provisions of this section is declared as a matter of legislative determination.
66.1331(2m)
(2m) Discrimination. Persons otherwise entitled to any right, benefit, facility, or privilege under this section may not be denied the right, benefit, facility, or privilege in any manner for any purpose nor be discriminated against because of sex, race, color, creed, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking, as defined in
s. 106.50 (1m) (u), or national origin.
66.1331(3)
(3) Definitions. In this section, unless a different intent clearly appears from the context:
66.1331(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 these 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.
66.1331(3)(c)
(c) "Housing" includes housing, dwelling, habitation and residence.
66.1331(3)(d)
(d) "Land" includes bare or vacant land, the land under buildings, structures or other improvements, and water and land under water. When employed in connection with "use", for instance, "use of land" or "land use", "land" includes buildings, structures and improvements existing or to be placed on land.
66.1331(3)(e)
(e) "Lessee" includes the successors or assigns and successors in title of the lessee.
66.1331(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.
66.1331(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.
66.1331(3)(h)
(h) "Project area" means a blighted area or portion of a blighted area 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 have been or are to be transferred for public uses.
66.1331(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.
66.1331(3)(j)
(j) "Purchaser" includes the successors or assigns and successors in title of the purchaser.
66.1331(3)(k)
(k) "Real property" includes land; land together with the buildings, structures, fixtures and other improvements on the land; liens, estates, easements and other interests in the land; and restrictions or limitations upon the use of land, buildings or structures, other than those imposed by exercise of the police power.
66.1331(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.
66.1331(3)(Lm)
(Lm) "Redevelopment plan" means a plan for the acquisition, clearance, reconstruction, rehabilitation or future use of a redevelopment project area.
66.1331(3)(m)
(m) "Redevelopment project" means any work or undertaking to acquire blighted areas or portions of blighted areas, and lands, structures, or improvements, the acquisition of which is necessary or incidental to the proper clearance or redevelopment of the areas or to the prevention of the spread or recurrence of slum conditions or conditions of blight in the areas; to clear blighted areas by demolition or removal of existing buildings, structures, streets, utilities, or other improvements; 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 blighted areas for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial or other use or for public use, or to retain the land for public use, in accordance with a redevelopment plan. "Redevelopment project" includes 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.
66.1331(3)(n)
(n) "Rentals" means rents specified in a lease to be paid by the lessee to the city.
66.1331(4)(a)(a) A city may exercise all powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this section, including all of the following:
66.1331(4)(a)1.
1. Prepare redevelopment plans and undertake and carry out redevelopment projects within its corporate limits.