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4.__Powers of municipality.__Within an affordable housing
development district and consistent with an affordable housing
development program, a municipality may acquire, construct,
reconstruct, improve, preserve, alter, extend, operate or
maintain property or promote development intended to meet the
objectives of the affordable housing development program.
Pursuant to the affordable housing development program, the
municipality may acquire property, land or easements through
negotiation or by using eminent domain powers in the manner
authorized for community development programs under section
5204. The municipality's legislative body may adopt ordinances
regulating traffic in and access to any facilities constructed
within the affordable housing development district. The
municipality may install public improvements.

 
§5248.__Affordable housing development programs

 
1.__Adoption.__The legislative body of a municipality shall
adopt an affordable housing development program for each
affordable housing development district. The affordable
housing development program must be adopted at the same time
as the district as part of the district adoption proceedings
or, if at a different time, in the same manner as adoption of
the district, with the same notice and hearing requirements of
section 5250. Before adopting an affordable housing
development program, the municipal legislative body shall
consider the factors and evidence specified in section 5247.

 
2.__Requirements.__The affordable housing development
program must include:

 
A.__A financial plan in accordance with subsection 3;

 
B.__A description of facilities, improvements or programs
to be financed in whole or in part by the affordable
housing development program;

 
C.__Plans for the relocation of persons displaced by the
development activities;

 
D.__The environmental controls to be applied;

 
E.__The proposed operation of the affordable housing
development district after the planned improvements are
completed;

 
F.__An assurance that the program complies with section
4349-A;


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