17-4748.Powers of municipality.
Every municipality shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to
carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this act,
including the following powers in addition to others herein granted:
(a) To undertake and carry out urban renewal projects within its
area of operation; and to make and execute contracts and other
instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under
this act; and to disseminate slum clearance and urban renewal
information.
(b) To provide or to arrange or contract for the furnishing or
repair by any person or agency, public or private, of services,
privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities or other facilities
for or in connection with an urban renewal project; to install,
construct, and reconstruct streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and
other public improvements; and to agree to any conditions that it may
deem reasonable and appropriate attached to federal financial assistance
and imposed pursuant to federal law relating to the determination of
prevailing salaries or wages or compliance with labor standards, in the
undertaking or carrying out of an urban renewal project, and to include
in any contract let in connection with such a project, provisions to
fulfill such of said conditions as it may deem reasonable and
appropriate.
(c) Within its area of operation, to enter upon any building or
property in any urban renewal area in order to make surveys, appraisals,
soundings or test borings, and to obtain an order for this purpose from
a court of competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied or
resisted; to acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest,
devise, eminent domain or otherwise, any real property (or personal
property for its administrative purposes) together with any improvements
thereon, except the acquisition by eminent domain of the property of
public utilities, either publicly or privately owned, lying beyond the
corporate limits of the municipality; to hold, approve, clear or prepare
for redevelopment any such property; to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or
otherwise encumber or dispose of any real property; to insure or provide
for the insurance of any real or personal property, or operations of the
municipality against any risks or hazards, including the power to pay
premiums on any such insurance; and to enter into any contracts
necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. No statutory provision
with respect to the acquisition, clearance or disposition of property by
public bodies shall restrict a municipality or other public body
exercising powers hereunder, in the exercise of such functions with
respect to an urban renewal project, unless the legislature shall
specifically so state.
(d) To invest any urban renewal project reserve or sinking funds not
required for immediate disbursement, in investments authorized by K.S.A.
12-1675, and amendments thereto, in the manner prescribed
therein or in direct obligations of the United States government or any
agency thereof; to redeem such bonds as have been issued pursuant to
K.S.A. 17-4751 at the redemption price established therein or to
purchase such bonds at less than redemption price, all such bonds so
redeemed or purchased to be canceled.
(e) To borrow money and to apply for and accept advances, loans,
grants, contributions and any other form of financial assistance from
the federal government, the state, county, or other public body, or from
any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this act, and to
give such security as may be required and to enter into and carry out
contracts in connection therewith. A municipality may include in any
contract for financial assistance with the federal government for an
urban renewal project such conditions imposed pursuant to federal law as
the municipality may deem reasonable and appropriate and which are not
inconsistent with the purposes of this act.
(f) Within its area of operation, to make or have made all plans
necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this act and to
contract with any person, public or private, in making and carrying out
such plans and to adopt or approve, modify and amend such plans. Such
plans may include, without limitation: (1) A general plan for the
locality as a whole, (2) urban renewal plans, (3) plans for carrying out
a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of
buildings and improvements, (4) plans for the enforcement of state and
local laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the
use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the compulsory
repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and
improvements, and (5) appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and
other preliminary plans and work necessary to prepare for the
undertaking of urban renewal projects. The municipality is authorized to
develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out
demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and the
elimination of slums and urban blight, and to apply for, accept and
utilize grants of funds from the federal government for such purposes.
(g) To prepare plans and provide assistance for the relocation of
families displaced from an urban renewal area to the extent essential
for acquiring possession of and clearing such area or parts thereof to
permit the carrying out of the urban renewal project, except that
nothing in this act shall be construed as authorizing the construction
of any public housing.
(h) To appropriate such funds and make such expenditures as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, and to levy taxes and
assessments for such purposes; to close, vacate, plan or replan streets,
roads, sidewalks, ways or other places; to plan or replan, zone or
rezone any part of the municipality or make exceptions from building
regulations; and to enter into agreements with an urban renewal agency
vested with urban renewal project powers under K.S.A. 17-4756 (which
agreements may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or
rule of law to the contrary), respecting action to be taken by such
municipality pursuant to any of the powers granted by this act.
(i) Within its area of operation, to organize, coordinate and
direct the administration of the provisions of this act as they apply to
such municipality in order that the objective of remedying slum and
blighted areas and preventing the causes thereof within such
municipality may be most effectively promoted and achieved, and to
establish such new office or offices of the municipality or to
reorganize existing offices in order to carry out such purpose most
effectively.
(j) To exercise all or any part or combination of powers herein
granted.
History: L. 1955, ch. 86, § 7; L. 1977, ch. 54, § 24; July 1.
17-4748.Powers of municipality.
Every municipality shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to
carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this act,
including the following powers in addition to others herein granted:
(a) To undertake and carry out urban renewal projects within its
area of operation; and to make and execute contracts and other
instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under
this act; and to disseminate slum clearance and urban renewal
information.
(b) To provide or to arrange or contract for the furnishing or
repair by any person or agency, public or private, of services,
privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities or other facilities
for or in connection with an urban renewal project; to install,
construct, and reconstruct streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and
other public improvements; and to agree to any conditions that it may
deem reasonable and appropriate attached to federal financial assistance
and imposed pursuant to federal law relating to the determination of
prevailing salaries or wages or compliance with labor standards, in the
undertaking or carrying out of an urban renewal project, and to include
in any contract let in connection with such a project, provisions to
fulfill such of said conditions as it may deem reasonable and
appropriate.
(c) Within its area of operation, to enter upon any building or
property in any urban renewal area in order to make surveys, appraisals,
soundings or test borings, and to obtain an order for this purpose from
a court of competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied or
resisted; to acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest,
devise, eminent domain or otherwise, any real property (or personal
property for its administrative purposes) together with any improvements
thereon, except the acquisition by eminent domain of the property of
public utilities, either publicly or privately owned, lying beyond the
corporate limits of the municipality; to hold, approve, clear or prepare
for redevelopment any such property; to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or
otherwise encumber or dispose of any real property; to insure or provide
for the insurance of any real or personal property, or operations of the
municipality against any risks or hazards, including the power to pay
premiums on any such insurance; and to enter into any contracts
necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. No statutory provision
with respect to the acquisition, clearance or disposition of property by
public bodies shall restrict a municipality or other public body
exercising powers hereunder, in the exercise of such functions with
respect to an urban renewal project, unless the legislature shall
specifically so state.
(d) To invest any urban renewal project reserve or sinking funds not
required for immediate disbursement, in investments authorized by K.S.A.
12-1675, and amendments thereto, in the manner prescribed
therein or in direct obligations of the United States government or any
agency thereof; to redeem such bonds as have been issued pursuant to
K.S.A. 17-4751 at the redemption price established therein or to
purchase such bonds at less than redemption price, all such bonds so
redeemed or purchased to be canceled.
(e) To borrow money and to apply for and accept advances, loans,
grants, contributions and any other form of financial assistance from
the federal government, the state, county, or other public body, or from
any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this act, and to
give such security as may be required and to enter into and carry out
contracts in connection therewith. A municipality may include in any
contract for financial assistance with the federal government for an
urban renewal project such conditions imposed pursuant to federal law as
the municipality may deem reasonable and appropriate and which are not
inconsistent with the purposes of this act.
(f) Within its area of operation, to make or have made all plans
necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this act and to
contract with any person, public or private, in making and carrying out
such plans and to adopt or approve, modify and amend such plans. Such
plans may include, without limitation: (1) A general plan for the
locality as a whole, (2) urban renewal plans, (3) plans for carrying out
a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of
buildings and improvements, (4) plans for the enforcement of state and
local laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the
use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the compulsory
repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and
improvements, and (5) appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and
other preliminary plans and work necessary to prepare for the
undertaking of urban renewal projects. The municipality is authorized to
develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out
demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and the
elimination of slums and urban blight, and to apply for, accept and
utilize grants of funds from the federal government for such purposes.
(g) To prepare plans and provide assistance for the relocation of
families displaced from an urban renewal area to the extent essential
for acquiring possession of and clearing such area or parts thereof to
permit the carrying out of the urban renewal project, except that
nothing in this act shall be construed as authorizing the construction
of any public housing.
(h) To appropriate such funds and make such expenditures as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, and to levy taxes and
assessments for such purposes; to close, vacate, plan or replan streets,
roads, sidewalks, ways or other places; to plan or replan, zone or
rezone any part of the municipality or make exceptions from building
regulations; and to enter into agreements with an urban renewal agency
vested with urban renewal project powers under K.S.A. 17-4756 (which
agreements may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or
rule of law to the contrary), respecting action to be taken by such
municipality pursuant to any of the powers granted by this act.
(i) Within its area of operation, to organize, coordinate and
direct the administration of the provisions of this act as they apply to
such municipality in order that the objective of remedying slum and
blighted areas and preventing the causes thereof within such
municipality may be most effectively promoted and achieved, and to
establish such new office or offices of the municipality or to
reorganize existing offices in order to carry out such purpose most
effectively.
(j) To exercise all or any part or combination of powers herein
granted.
History: L. 1955, ch. 86, § 7; L. 1977, ch. 54, § 24; July 1.
17-4748.Powers of municipality.
Every municipality shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to
carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this act,
including the following powers in addition to others herein granted:
(a) To undertake and carry out urban renewal projects within its
area of operation; and to make and execute contracts and other
instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers under
this act; and to disseminate slum clearance and urban renewal
information.
(b) To provide or to arrange or contract for the furnishing or
repair by any person or agency, public or private, of services,
privileges, works, streets, roads, public utilities or other facilities
for or in connection with an urban renewal project; to install,
construct, and reconstruct streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and
other public improvements; and to agree to any conditions that it may
deem reasonable and appropriate attached to federal financial assistance
and imposed pursuant to federal law relating to the determination of
prevailing salaries or wages or compliance with labor standards, in the
undertaking or carrying out of an urban renewal project, and to include
in any contract let in connection with such a project, provisions to
fulfill such of said conditions as it may deem reasonable and
appropriate.
(c) Within its area of operation, to enter upon any building or
property in any urban renewal area in order to make surveys, appraisals,
soundings or test borings, and to obtain an order for this purpose from
a court of competent jurisdiction in the event entry is denied or
resisted; to acquire by purchase, lease, option, gift, grant, bequest,
devise, eminent domain or otherwise, any real property (or personal
property for its administrative purposes) together with any improvements
thereon, except the acquisition by eminent domain of the property of
public utilities, either publicly or privately owned, lying beyond the
corporate limits of the municipality; to hold, approve, clear or prepare
for redevelopment any such property; to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or
otherwise encumber or dispose of any real property; to insure or provide
for the insurance of any real or personal property, or operations of the
municipality against any risks or hazards, including the power to pay
premiums on any such insurance; and to enter into any contracts
necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. No statutory provision
with respect to the acquisition, clearance or disposition of property by
public bodies shall restrict a municipality or other public body
exercising powers hereunder, in the exercise of such functions with
respect to an urban renewal project, unless the legislature shall
specifically so state.
(d) To invest any urban renewal project reserve or sinking funds not
required for immediate disbursement, in investments authorized by K.S.A.
12-1675, and amendments thereto, in the manner prescribed
therein or in direct obligations of the United States government or any
agency thereof; to redeem such bonds as have been issued pursuant to
K.S.A. 17-4751 at the redemption price established therein or to
purchase such bonds at less than redemption price, all such bonds so
redeemed or purchased to be canceled.
(e) To borrow money and to apply for and accept advances, loans,
grants, contributions and any other form of financial assistance from
the federal government, the state, county, or other public body, or from
any sources, public or private, for the purposes of this act, and to
give such security as may be required and to enter into and carry out
contracts in connection therewith. A municipality may include in any
contract for financial assistance with the federal government for an
urban renewal project such conditions imposed pursuant to federal law as
the municipality may deem reasonable and appropriate and which are not
inconsistent with the purposes of this act.
(f) Within its area of operation, to make or have made all plans
necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this act and to
contract with any person, public or private, in making and carrying out
such plans and to adopt or approve, modify and amend such plans. Such
plans may include, without limitation: (1) A general plan for the
locality as a whole, (2) urban renewal plans, (3) plans for carrying out
a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of
buildings and improvements, (4) plans for the enforcement of state and
local laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the
use and occupancy of buildings and improvements and to the compulsory
repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and
improvements, and (5) appraisals, title searches, surveys, studies, and
other preliminary plans and work necessary to prepare for the
undertaking of urban renewal projects. The municipality is authorized to
develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out
demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and the
elimination of slums and urban blight, and to apply for, accept and
utilize grants of funds from the federal government for such purposes.
(g) To prepare plans and provide assistance for the relocation of
families displaced from an urban renewal area to the extent essential
for acquiring possession of and clearing such area or parts thereof to
permit the carrying out of the urban renewal project, except that
nothing in this act shall be construed as authorizing the construction
of any public housing.
(h) To appropriate such funds and make such expenditures as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this act, and to levy taxes and
assessments for such purposes; to close, vacate, plan or replan streets,
roads, sidewalks, ways or other places; to plan or replan, zone or
rezone any part of the municipality or make exceptions from building
regulations; and to enter into agreements with an urban renewal agency
vested with urban renewal project powers under K.S.A. 17-4756 (which
agreements may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or
rule of law to the contrary), respecting action to be taken by such
municipality pursuant to any of the powers granted by this act.
(i) Within its area of operation, to organize, coordinate and
direct the administration of the provisions of this act as they apply to
such municipality in order that the objective of remedying slum and
blighted areas and preventing the causes thereof within such
municipality may be most effectively promoted and achieved, and to
establish such new office or offices of the municipality or to
reorganize existing offices in order to carry out such purpose most
effectively.
(j) To exercise all or any part or combination of powers herein
granted.
History: L. 1955, ch. 86, § 7; L. 1977, ch. 54, § 24; July 1.