| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §5201, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, | §§8 and 10, is further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Existence of depressed areas. There exists in the | municipalities of the State deteriorating, dilapidated, slum and | blighted areas, dangerous buildings and incompatible uses of | property, which constitute a serious and growing menace, | injurious and inimical threat to the public health, safety, | morals and or welfare of the residents of the State; |
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| | Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §5201, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, | §§8 and 10, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §5201, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, | §§8 and 10, is further amended to read: |
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| | 4. Not remediable by regulation or private enterprise. These | menaces threats are beyond remedy and control solely by | regulatory process in the exercise of police power and cannot be | dealt with effectively by the ordinary operation of private | enterprise without the aids provided in this chapter; |
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| | Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §5202, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, | §§8 and 10, is further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Blighted area. "Blighted area" means: |
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| A. An area in which there is are a predominance substantial | number of buildings or improvements which that are conducive | to ill health, the transmission of disease, infant | mortality, juvenile delinquency or crime and are detrimental | to the public health, safety, morals or welfare because of: |
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| (1) Dilapidation, deterioration, age or obsolescence; |
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| (2) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, | sanitation or open spaces; |
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| (3) High density of population and overcrowding; |
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| (4) The existence of conditions which that endanger | life or property by fire and other causes; or |
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| (5) Any combination of these factors; or |
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| B. An area which that is a menace threat to the public | health, safety, morals or welfare in its present condition | and use because of: |
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