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AK Stat § 18.55.680 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.680. Urban renewal projects; definition.

(a) In addition to the power given under AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960, the corporation may plan and undertake an urban renewal project. In AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 an urban renewal project includes undertaking and activity for the elimination and prevention of the development or spread of slums or blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating areas. An urban renewal project may involve any work or undertaking for this purpose that constitutes a redevelopment project or any rehabilitation or conservation work or any combination of an undertaking or work. (b) Rehabilitation or conservation work includes (1) carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements; (2) acquisition of real property and demolition, removal, or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements from it where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, insanitary, or unsafe conditions, lessen density, reduce traffic hazards, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare, or to otherwise remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public facilities; (3) installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for carrying out the objectives of the urban renewal project; and (4) the disposition, for uses in accordance with the objectives of the urban renewal project, of any property or part of property acquired in the area of the project; disposition shall be in the manner prescribed in AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 for the disposition of property in a redevelopment project area.
AK Stat § 18.55.690 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.690. Urban renewal plan; definition.

An urban renewal project undertaken pursuant to AS 18.55.680 shall be undertaken in accordance with an urban renewal plan for the area of the project. As used in AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 an “urban renewal plan” means a plan for an urban renewal project, which (1) conforms to the general plan for the municipality as a whole; and (2) is sufficiently complete to indicate the land acquisition, demolition and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation that are proposed in the area of the urban renewal project, zoning, and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities, building requirements, and the plan's relationship to definite local objectives respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements. An urban renewal plan shall be prepared and approved pursuant to the same procedure as provided in AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 for a redevelopment plan.
AK Stat § 18.55.700 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.700. Powers with respect to urban renewal.

(a) The corporation has all the powers necessary or convenient to undertake and carry out urban renewal plans and urban renewal projects, including the power to acquire and dispose of property, to issue bonds and other obligations, to borrow and accept grants from the federal government or other source, and to exercise the other powers granted to it by AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 with respect to redevelopment projects. (b) In connection with the planning and undertaking of an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project, the corporation, the municipality, and all public and private offices, agencies, and bodies have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities that they have with respect to a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project, in the same manner as though all of the provisions of AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 applicable to a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project were applicable to an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project. However, for the purpose of this subsection, (1) the word “redevelopment” as used in AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960, except in this section and in the definition of “redevelopment project” in AS 18.55.950, means “urban renewal”; (2) the words “slum” and “blighted” as used in AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960, except in this section and in the definitions in AS 18.55.950, mean “blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating”; and (3) the finding required by AS 18.55.510(b) with respect to a blighted area is not required. (c) In addition to the surveys and plans that the corporation may otherwise make, it may make plans (1) for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements; and (2) for the enforcement of laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, and the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements. (d) The corporation may develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities for the prevention and the elimination of slums and urban blight.
AK Stat § 18.55.710 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.710. Public bodies authorized to assist in urban renewal projects.

A municipality or other public body may, without limiting any provisions of AS 18.55.700, do any and all things necessary to aid and cooperate in the planning and undertaking of an urban renewal project in the area in which it is authorized to act, including the furnishing of financial and other assistance as the municipality or public body is authorized by AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 for or in connection with a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project.
AK Stat § 18.55.720 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.720. Corporation may delegate functions to municipalities and public bodies.

The corporation may delegate to a municipality or other public body any of its powers or functions with respect to the planning or undertaking of an urban renewal project in the area in which the municipality or public body is authorized to act, and the municipality or public body may carry out or perform these powers and functions for the corporation.
AK Stat § 18.55.730 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.730. Agreements for exercising powers and granting assistance.

Any public body may enter into agreements that may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with any other public body respecting action to be taken under any power granted by AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project.
AK Stat § 18.55.740 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.740. Workable program.

The governing body of a municipality, or a public officer or public body, as it designates, may prepare a workable program, including an official plan of action, for effectively dealing with the problem of urban slums and blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating areas within the community and for the establishment and preservation of a well-planned community with well-organized residential neighborhoods of decent homes and suitable living environment for adequate family life, for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate, and prevent the development or spread of, slums and urban blight and deterioration, to encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of blighted, deteriorated, or slum areas, or to undertake any of these activities or other feasible activities that may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of the program.
AK Stat § 18.55.750 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.750. Municipality may repair, etc., dwellings unfit for habitation.

When a municipality finds that a dwelling exists that is unfit for human habitation due to dilapidation, defects increasing the hazard of fire, accident, or other calamity, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or another condition, including one of those set out in AS 18.55.860 that makes the dwelling unsafe or insanitary, or dangerous or detrimental to the health, safety, or morals, or otherwise inimical to the welfare of the residents of the municipality, the municipality may require or cause the repair, closing, or demolition or removal of the dwelling in the manner provided in AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960.
AK Stat § 18.55.760 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.760. Ordinances relating to unfit dwellings.

Upon the adoption of an ordinance finding that dwelling conditions of the character described in AS 18.55.750 exist in a municipality, its governing body may adopt an ordinance relating to dwellings that are unfit for human habitation.
AK Stat § 18.55.770 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.770. What ordinance must include.

An ordinance adopted under AS 18.55.760 must provide that the corporation must exercise the powers prescribed by the ordinance. The ordinance must also contain the provisions set out in AS 18.55.780 - 18.55.850.
AK Stat § 18.55.780 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.780. Petition or finding that dwelling is unfit and filing of complaint.

When at least five residents file a petition charging that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation or when it appears to a public officer that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation, the public officer shall conduct a preliminary investigation, and if the investigation discloses a basis for the charges, the public officer shall issue and have served upon the owner, every mortgagee of record, and all parties in interest in the dwelling, including those in possession, a complaint stating the charges.
AK Stat § 18.55.790 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.790. Pleadings and hearing.

The complaint must contain a notice of a hearing before the corporation or designated agent and the time and place fixed for the hearing. The hearing shall be not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days after the service of the complaint. The complaint must state that the parties in interest may file an answer to the complaint, appear and give testimony at the place and time fixed in the complaint.
AK Stat § 18.55.800 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.800. Rules of evidence do not control in hearings before the corporation.

The rules of evidence in judicial proceedings are not controlling in hearings before the corporation.
AK Stat § 18.55.810 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.810. Findings and order.

If, after the hearing, the executive director of the corporation determines that the dwelling is unfit for human habitation, the executive director shall state the findings of fact in support of the determination in writing and shall issue and have served upon the owner an order which, (1) if the dwelling can be repaired, altered, or improved at a reasonable cost in relation to its value, shall require the owner, within the time specified in the order, to repair, alter, or improve the dwelling to render it fit for human habitation or to vacate and close the dwelling as a human habitation; or (2) if the dwelling cannot be repaired, altered, or improved at a reasonable cost in relation to its value, shall require the owner, within the time specified in the order, to remove or demolish the dwelling.
AK Stat § 18.55.820 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.820. Ordinance to fix percentage of cost as reasonable.

The ordinance of the municipality must fix the percentage of the cost of repair, alteration, or improvement for the purpose of determining whether the cost is reasonable within the meaning of AS 18.55.810.
AK Stat § 18.55.830 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.830. Failure of owner to comply with order.

(a) If the owner fails to comply with an order to repair, alter, or improve or to vacate and close the dwelling, the corporation may have the dwelling repaired, altered or improved, or vacated. (b) If the owner fails to comply with an order to remove or demolish the dwelling, the corporation may have the dwelling removed or demolished.
AK Stat § 18.55.840 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.840. Costs of repair, etc., are a lien.

If the corporation has the dwelling repaired, altered, improved, vacated and closed, removed or demolished, the costs, including costs of the proceeding and necessary attorney fees, constitute a lien against the real property and the lien may be foreclosed in the manner provided or authorized by law for loans secured by liens on real property.
AK Stat § 18.55.850 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.850. Disposition of material where dwelling is removed or demolished.

If the corporation removes or demolishes the dwelling, it shall sell the materials and shall credit the proceeds of the sale against the costs of the removal or demolition. If there is a surplus remaining, the corporation shall return it to the parties entitled to it as determined by a judicial proceeding brought by the corporation. The court shall determine the cost incurred by the corporation in this judicial proceeding including its necessary attorney fees, and shall deduct the cost from the surplus.
AK Stat § 18.55.860 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.860. Ordinance to give corporation power to determine fitness of dwellings for habitation.

(a) The ordinance adopted by a municipality under AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 (1) must provide that the corporation may determine that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation if it finds that conditions exist that (A) are dangerous or injurious to the health, comfort, safety, or morals of the occupant of the dwelling, the occupants of neighboring dwellings or other residents of the municipality; or (B) have a blighting influence on properties in the area; (2) may provide additional standards to guide the corporation in determining the fitness of a dwelling for human habitation. (b) The conditions sufficient to support a finding under (a)(1) of this section include the following, without limitation: (1) defects increasing the hazards of fire, accident, or other calamity; (2) lack of adequate ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities, or an adequate heating source; (3) dilapidation; (4) disrepair; (5) structural defects; (6) uncleanliness; (7) overcrowding; (8) inadequate ingress and egress; (9) inadequate drainage; or (10) a violation of health, fire, building, or zoning regulations, or any other laws or regulations, relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements.
AK Stat § 18.55.870 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.870. Manner of serving parties in interest.

The corporation shall serve complaints and orders issued in accordance with AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 upon all parties in interest either personally or by registered mail. If, after the exercise of reasonable diligence, the corporation cannot find a party, it shall make an affidavit to that effect, and it may then effect service by publishing the complaint or order once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper printed and published in the municipality, or, if there is none, in a newspaper printed and published in the state and circulated in the municipality in which the dwelling is located. The corporation shall also post a copy of the complaint or order in a conspicuous place on the premises affected and file a copy with the clerk of the superior court in the judicial district in which the dwelling is located. The filing of the complaint or order with the clerk has the same effect as other lis pendens notices provided by law.
AK Stat § 18.55.880 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.880. Injunction to prevent corporation from proceeding.

A person affected by an order issued by the corporation may, within 60 days from the date the order is posted and served, petition the superior court for an injunction restraining the corporation from carrying out the provisions of the order, and the court may, upon the petition, issue a temporary injunction restraining the corporation from proceeding until it disposes of the matter. The court shall hear the petition within 20 days from the date it is filed, or as soon after filing as possible. A petition for an injunction under this section shall be given preference over other matters on the court calendar. The court shall hear and determine the issues raised and shall enter a final order or decree in the proceeding. The findings of fact by the corporation, if supported by evidence, are conclusive. Costs shall be awarded in the discretion of the court.
AK Stat § 18.55.890 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.890. Remedies provided are exclusive.

The remedies provided in AS 18.55.880 are exclusive and a person affected by an order of the corporation may not recover damages for an action taken under an order of the corporation, or because the person complies with an order of the corporation.
AK Stat § 18.55.900 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.900. Ordinance may give corporation additional powers.

An ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality may authorize the corporation to exercise those powers that are necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of AS 18.55.480 - 18.55.960 including the power to: (1) investigate the dwelling conditions in the municipality in order to determine which dwellings are unfit for human habitation; (2) administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses, and receive evidence; (3) enter upon premises for the purpose of making examinations, if the entry is made in the manner that causes the least possible inconvenience to the person in possession, or, if entry is denied, obtain a court order for this purpose; (4) appoint and fix the duties of the officers, agents, and employees that the corporation considers necessary to carry out the purposes of the ordinance; and (5) delegate functions and powers under the ordinance to the officers, agents and employees whom the corporation designates.
AK Stat § 18.55.910 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.910. Municipality to prepare estimate of costs of administration.

After adopting an ordinance under AS 18.55.750 - 18.55.930 the governing body of the municipality shall as soon as possible prepare an estimate of the annual expenses necessary to provide the equipment, personnel, and supplies for periodic examinations and investigations of dwellings for the purpose of determining their fitness for human habitation, and for the enforcement and administration of ordinances of the municipality.
AK Stat § 18.55.920 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender|Chapter 55. Housing, Public Buildings, Urban Renewal, and Regional Housing Authorities|Article 3. Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.|Sec. 18.55.920. AS 18.55.750 - 18.55.930 not a limitation on municipalities.

AS 18.55.750 - 18.55.930 do not limit the power of a municipality to enforce its ordinances or regulations, and to prevent or punish violations of them, or to define and declare nuisances and have them removed or abated. The powers granted by AS 18.55.750 - 18.55.930 are in addition to the powers granted by any other law.