§ 45-32-1. Compliance prerequisite to further proceedings. A community must comply with the requirements of §§ 45-32-2 — 45-32-3 before proceeding further under chapters 31 — 33 of this title. History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 24; G.L. 1956, § 45-32-1; P.L. 2018, ch. 156, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 292, § 1.
§ 45-32-10. Petition for zoning changes. In order to effectuate a redevelopment plan, the agency may petition the legislative body for a revision, amendment, or modification of zoning ordinances affecting the area covered by the redevelopment plan, concurrently with the submission of the redevelopment plan by the agency to the legislative body, or, at any […]
§ 45-32-11. Notice of hearing on plan. Upon submission to the legislative body of a redevelopment plan, the legislative body or its committee to which the plan has been referred, shall set a time and fix a place for a public hearing on the adoption of the plan. The time of hearing shall not be […]
§ 45-32-12. Conduct of hearing. At the hearing the legislative body, or its committee to which the plan has been referred, shall consider the plan, any report of the planning commission, and any recommendations the agency may make, and take any other evidence and testimony that may be presented concerning the matters under consideration. History […]
§ 45-32-13. Adoption of plan. If the legislative body determines that the redevelopment plan is feasible and conforms to the general plan for the community, and that if carried out would promote the public health, safety, morals, and welfare of the community, and would effectuate the purposes of chapters 31 — 33 of this title, […]
§ 45-32-14. Provision for expenditure of money. If the plan provides for the expenditure of any money by the community, the legislative body shall provide for the expenditure at the time or in connection with the approval of the plan; provided, that nothing contained in this chapter enlarges the power of a town council to […]
§ 45-32-15. Declaration of intent to change streets. If the plan provides for the opening, closing, widening, or changing the grade of existing streets or alleys or any other modification of the existing street layout in the project area, the legislative body shall declare its intention to institute these proceedings at the time or in […]
§ 45-32-16. Provision for payment for property condemned. If the plan provides for the condemnation of any real property, the legislative body shall not adopt the plan unless it contains adequate provisions for payment for property so acquired as provided by law. History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 53; G.L. 1956, § 45-32-16.
§ 45-32-17. Finding as to federal aid. If the plan provides for financial aid from the federal government, that provision of the plan shall not be approved by the legislative body unless it finds that the financial aid from the federal government provided for in the plan is necessary to enable the land in the […]
§ 45-32-18. Provisions for control of uses. No plan shall be approved unless it provides for the retention of controls and the establishment of any restrictions or covenants which may run with the real property sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of for private or public use for those periods of time and under conditions that […]
§ 45-32-19. Power over zoning ordinances. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute to the contrary, the legislative body has power by ordinance to revise, amend, and modify zoning ordinances affecting the area covered in a redevelopment plan in accordance with § 45-32-10. History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 60; G.L. 1956, § 45-32-19.
§ 45-32-2. Planning commission required. The community must have a planning commission. History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 45-32-2.
§ 45-32-20. Contents of adoptive ordinance. The adoption of a redevelopment plan by a legislative body shall be by ordinance. The ordinance shall: (1) Designate the project by area, name, and number. (2) Include findings that the project area is blighted and substandard and requires clearance, replanning, redevelopment, rehabilitation, or improvement or any combination of […]
§ 45-32-21. Responsibility for carrying out plan. After enactment of the ordinance described in § 45-32-20, the responsibility for carrying out the plan is vested in the agency. History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 57; G.L. 1956, § 45-32-21.
§ 45-32-22. Further proceedings as to redevelopment — Actions to contest validity. Upon the adoption of the redevelopment plan, further proceedings with reference to the redevelopment of the project area may be commenced immediately by the agency. Actions to contest the validity of the proceedings prescribed by §§ 45-32-11 — 45-32-21 must commence within thirty […]
§ 45-32-23. Modification of plan. Upon the recommendation of the agency, a redevelopment plan may be modified at any time by the legislative body or by the legislative body at its own discretion. The legislative body may, at its discretion, hold a public hearing on the proposed modification provided, that, if the plan is modified […]
§ 45-32-24. Power of eminent domain. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, each agency has the right to acquire all or any part of the real property or any estate or interest in it within a project area, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, whenever it is judged by the agency […]
§ 45-32-24.1. Finding with respect to use of the power of eminent domain with respect to recreational redevelopment projects that create and/or preserve jobs within the state and projects financed with incremental tax revenues. (a) The general assembly hereby determines and declares that the financing, construction, and development of recreational projects (as defined in § […]
§ 45-32-24.2. Power of eminent domain with respect to recreational redevelopment projects that create and/or preserve jobs within the state and projects financed with incremental tax revenues. (a) With respect to any project in the state that includes the financing, construction, and development of recreational projects (as defined in § 42-34-6(4)), with planned redevelopment of […]
§ 45-32-25. Property devoted to other public use. If any of the real property, estate, or interest in it, included within the project area is devoted to a public use, it may nevertheless be acquired, and the taking shall be effective; provided, that no real property or estate or interest in it belonging to a […]
