Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies
Section 45-31-5. - Declaration as to methods to be used in redevelopment.

§ 45-31-5. Declaration as to methods to be used in redevelopment.
It is further found and declared that in certain blighted and substandard areas, or portions of these areas, the physical conditions of the area and the area’s relationship to the general plan for the community may be that the total public acquisition, clearance, and disposition of the entire area or an extensive portion of it may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of chapters 31 — 33 of this title; that other blighted and substandard areas, or portions of them, may be susceptible to rehabilitation and improvement to standard conditions, and the purposes of these chapters may be accomplished by the coordinated application of regulatory controls, together with redevelopment measures, short of total or extensive clearance of the entire area or portions of it.
History of Section.P.L. 1956, ch. 3654, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 45-31-5.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 45 - Towns and Cities

Chapter 45-31 - Redevelopment Agencies

Section 45-31-1. - Short title.

Section 45-31-2. - Finding as to existence of substandard areas.

Section 45-31-3. - Findings as to dangers from substandard areas.

Section 45-31-4. - Finding of obstacles to private redevelopment.

Section 45-31-5. - Declaration as to methods to be used in redevelopment.

Section 45-31-6. - Public policy to assist in redevelopment.

Section 45-31-7. - Purposes of chapters.

Section 45-31-8. - Definitions.

Section 45-31-9. - Agencies created.

Section 45-31-10. - Resolution of need required for agency to function.

Section 45-31-11. - Resolution conclusive as to capacity of agency.

Section 45-31-12. - Appointment and compensation of agency members.

Section 45-31-13. - Tenure of agency members.

Section 45-31-14. - Officers of agency.

Section 45-31-15. - Suspension and removal of agency members.

Section 45-31-16. - Continuation of agencies created under prior law.

Section 45-31-17. - Validation of prior acts.

Section 45-31-18. - Resident attorneys.

Section 45-31-19. - Interest of officers and employees in project area properties.

Section 45-31-20. - Administrative appropriations.

Section 45-31-21. - Budgetary control of agencies.

Section 45-31-22. - Periodical reports.

Section 45-31-23. - Real property exempt from process.

Section 45-31-24. - Deactivation or substitution of agency.

Section 45-31-25. - Severability.

Section 45-31-26. - Relocation payments authorized — Definitions.

Section 45-31-27. - Payments made subject to rules and regulations.

Section 45-31-28. - Relocation payments authorized under federally assisted programs.