La. R.S. § 33:4720.57 Preparation and Adoption of Community Improvement Plan

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 33:4720.57

A. The authority shall not institute a community improvement plan for any area unless the local governing body after advice thereon by the city planning commission has, by resolution, determined such area to be a slum or a blighted area or a combination thereof, or determined such facility to be functionally obsolescent and designated such area as appropriate for a community improvement project.

B. The authority may prepare or cause to be prepared a community improvement plan, and is hereby authorized, in connection therewith, to apply for and receive planning advances from the federal government or other bodies. Prior to submission of the community improvement plan to the local governing body, the authority shall hold at least one public information meeting for the residents and property owners of the affected neighborhood to be called after proper notice given ten days prior to the date thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. Prior to its approval of a community improvement plan, the authority shall submit such plan to the city planning commission for review and recommendation as to its conformity with the general plan for the development of the municipality as a whole. The planning commission after review of the plan by such agencies as it considers appropriate shall submit its written recommendations with respect to the proposed community improvement plan to the local governing body within forty-five days after receipt of the plan for review. Upon receipt of the approval, disapproval, or recommendations of the planning commission, or if no approval, disapproval, or recommendations are received within the said forty-five days, then the local governing body may proceed with the hearing on the proposed community improvement plan described in Subsection C of this Section.

C.

(1) The local governing body shall hold a public hearing on the community improvement plan after notice thereof has been mailed to or deposited at every place of residence and commercial establishment within said area and after public notice has been published at least fourteen days prior to the hearing in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality. The notice shall include the time, date, place, and purpose of the hearing, shall generally identify the area covered by the plan, and shall outline the general scope of the project under consideration. Failure by anyone to receive such notice shall not invalidate approval of the plan.