, 1955-06-13
URBAN REDEvELo E
SECTION 10 (a). The policy is hereb,

Virgin Islands undertake and pursue positive programs,
through the adoption, modernization, administration, and en-
forcement Of housing, zoning, building, and related laws
codes and regulations, dealing with land use and adequate
standards of health, sanitation, and safety for buildings and
areas, including the use and occupancy Of structures for ~
preventing the spread and recurrence Of sluns and bighted
areas, and () encouraging housing cost reductions for safe,
decent and sanitary housing for the people of the Virgin
Islands.
() The Authority is hereby authorized and empowered
to institute and pursue an active urban redevelopment pro-
gram for the several communities of the Virgin Islands,
within the contemplation of the Housing Act Of 1949, as
amended, and Of any other applicable Federal or Virgin Is
land laws, to include sum clearance, redevelopment, re-
neWal, public and private housing, rehabilitation, conserva-
ton, encouragement of renewal activities by private enter
prise, and any other activities designed for the reconstruc-
ton of the communities in the Virgin Islands to eliminate
slums and blight and to assure the sound growth Of the com
munities.
() The Authority is hereby authorized and empowered
to initiate and pursue the preparation and processing Of ur-
ban redevelopment plans for the several communities
in the Virgin Islands, and may enlist for this purpose the
assistance and cooperation of any person or agency, public
or private. Such urban redeveoprent plans shall comply in
every respect with applicable Federal laws and regulations
or procedures issued Hereunder, with the requirements Of
the Federal Government for approval, and with the general
plan for the DEVELOPMENT of the community as a whole, and
shall include a feasible method or methods for the temporary
or permanent relocation Of families to be displaced from an
urban redeyelopment area in decent, safe, and sanitary dwell
ing accommodations within their means and without undue
hardship to them
I'D Each urban redevelopment plan shall be submitted
by the Authority to the Virgin Islands Planning Board for re-
view and recommendations which shall be furnished by the
Planning Board to the Authority within thirty days after
receipt of the plan.
() Within thirty days after receipt Of the views and re-
commentators of the Planning Board or such longer time
as the Governor may authorize at the Authoritys request in
each instance (or, if no views or recommendations of the
Planning Board had been received, then within ten days
after the expiration Of the time limited in subsection (D
aboye) the Authority shall by resolution adopt the plan, and
shall thereafter proceed as follows:
~ Within five days after the adoption of the plan, the
Authority shall cause public notice to be given, by pub
lication and posting in appropriate public places, of a
public hearing to be held by it concerning the plan,
specifying the date, time, place, and purposes of the
hearing, which shall be held not later than fifteen days
following the first publication and posting of the notice.
81 Within thirty days after the hearing, or such longer
time as the Governor may authorize at the Authority's.