Okla. Stat. tit. 11, § 11-40-113
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Definitions
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The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this act,
shall, unless a different intent clearly appears from the context,
be constructed to have the following meaning:
1. "Blighted conditions" means conditions which, because of the
presence of a majority of the following factors, substantially
impair or arrest the sound development and growth of the
municipality or constitute an economic or social liability or are a
menace to the public health, safety, morals or welfare in its
present condition and use:
a. a substantial number of deteriorated or deteriorating
structures,
b. predominance of defective or inadequate street layout,
c. unsanitary or unsafe conditions,
d. deterioration of site improvements,
e. absentee ownership,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 452
f. tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the
fair value of the land,
g. defective or unusual conditions of title,
h. improper subdivision or obsolete platting or land
uses,
i. the existence of conditions which endanger life or
property by fire and other causes, or
j. conditions which create economic obsolescence, or
areas containing obsolete, nonfunctioning or
inappropriately developed structures;
2. "Governing body" means the city council, city commission or
town board of trustees;
3. "Neighborhood" means a contiguous geographic area within a
city or town that is characterized by a predominant building style
or function, and may apply to residential, commercial or industrial
areas;
4. "Program plan" means a plan for the redevelopment of all or
a portion of a redevelopment district, which the governing body of a
city or town has found to contain blighted conditions, so that the
clearance, replatting, rehabilitation or reconstruction thereof is
necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act;
5. "Project plan" means a specific work or improvement to
effectuate all or a portion of a program plan;
6. "Redevelopment" shall mean the clearance, planning,
construction, rehabilitation, or renovation of all or a portion of a
redevelopment district, and the provision for such industrial,
commercial, retail, residential or public structures and spaces as
may be appropriate, including recreational and other facilities
incidental or appurtenant thereto;
7. "Redevelopment district" means that portion of a city or
town which the governing body of such city or town has found to
contain blighted conditions;
8. "Redevelopment plan" means a plan for the redevelopment of
all or a portion of a redevelopment district; and
9. "Redevelopment trust" means a public trust established in
accordance with Section 176 et seq. of Title 60 of the Oklahoma
Statutes which has the power to undertake redevelopment activities.
shall, unless a different intent clearly appears from the context,
be constructed to have the following meaning:
1. "Blighted conditions" means conditions which, because of the
presence of a majority of the following factors, substantially
impair or arrest the sound development and growth of the
municipality or constitute an economic or social liability or are a
menace to the public health, safety, morals or welfare in its
present condition and use:
a. a substantial number of deteriorated or deteriorating
structures,
b. predominance of defective or inadequate street layout,
c. unsanitary or unsafe conditions,
d. deterioration of site improvements,
e. absentee ownership,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 11. Cities and Towns Page 452
f. tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the
fair value of the land,
g. defective or unusual conditions of title,
h. improper subdivision or obsolete platting or land
uses,
i. the existence of conditions which endanger life or
property by fire and other causes, or
j. conditions which create economic obsolescence, or
areas containing obsolete, nonfunctioning or
inappropriately developed structures;
2. "Governing body" means the city council, city commission or
town board of trustees;
3. "Neighborhood" means a contiguous geographic area within a
city or town that is characterized by a predominant building style
or function, and may apply to residential, commercial or industrial
areas;
4. "Program plan" means a plan for the redevelopment of all or
a portion of a redevelopment district, which the governing body of a
city or town has found to contain blighted conditions, so that the
clearance, replatting, rehabilitation or reconstruction thereof is
necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act;
5. "Project plan" means a specific work or improvement to
effectuate all or a portion of a program plan;
6. "Redevelopment" shall mean the clearance, planning,
construction, rehabilitation, or renovation of all or a portion of a
redevelopment district, and the provision for such industrial,
commercial, retail, residential or public structures and spaces as
may be appropriate, including recreational and other facilities
incidental or appurtenant thereto;
7. "Redevelopment district" means that portion of a city or
town which the governing body of such city or town has found to
contain blighted conditions;
8. "Redevelopment plan" means a plan for the redevelopment of
all or a portion of a redevelopment district; and
9. "Redevelopment trust" means a public trust established in
accordance with Section 176 et seq. of Title 60 of the Oklahoma
Statutes which has the power to undertake redevelopment activities.
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