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42 USC f45^i

PUBLIC LAW 89-117-AUGUST10, 1965

[79 STAT.

any grant under this section shall not exceed two-thirds of the cost of the demolition of such structures. "(b) No grant shall be made under this section unless the structures to be demolished are located in an urban renewal area, pr, in the case of structures outside an urban renewal area, (1) the locality involved has an approved workable program for community improvenient in accordance with the requirements of section 101(c), as determined by the Administrator, (2) the demolition to be assisted will be on a planned neighborhood basis and will further the over-all renewal objectives of such locality, (3) there is in such locality a program of enforcement of existing local housing and related codes, (4) the structures to be demolished constitute a public nuisance and a serious hazard to the public health or welfare, and (5) the governing body of such locality has determined that other available legal procedures have been exhausted to secure remedial action by the owner of the structures involved and that demolition by governmental action is required. "CODE ENFORCEMENT

"SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Administrator is authorized to enter into contracts to make, and to make, grants as provided in this section (payable from any grant 42 us^c M ^ 53 funds provided under section 103(b)) to cities, other municipalities, and counties for the purpose of assisting such localities in carrying out programs of concentrated code enforcement in deteriorated or deteriorating areas in which such enforcement, together with those public improvements to be provided by the locality, may be expected to arrest the decline of the area. Such grants shall not exceed twothirds (or three-fourths in the case of any city, other municipality, or county having a population of 50,000 or less according to the most recent decennial census) of the cost of planning and carrying out such programs which may include the provision and repair of necessary streets, curbs, sidewalks, street lighting, tree planting, and similar improvements within such areas. The Administrator shall not make any grant under this section unless he has obtained adequate assurances (1) that the locality will maintain during the period of the contract, in addition to its expenditures for planning and carrying out any program assisted under this section, a level of expenditures for code enforcement activities at not less than its normal expenditures for such activities prior to the execution of such contract, and (2) that the locality has a satisfactory program for the provision of all necessary public improvements for such areas. The provisions of sections 101(c), I4^65-"A'^ ^^^^45 ^^^' ^^'^' '^^^^ ^^^ shall be applicable to activities and undertakings ' " ' ^' • assisted under this section to the same extent as if such activities and undertakings were being carried out in an urban renewal area as part of an urban renewal project." 42 u^c i^-feo (^^ Section 110(c) of such Act is amended by— (1) striking out "or a program of code enforcement in an urban renewal area," in the first sentence; and (2) striking out the proviso in paragraph (5). 12 vie !iik ^^) Section 220(d)(1)(A) of the National Housing Act is amended by inserting before the first proviso the following: ", or (iv) an area in which a program of concentrated code enforcement activities is being carried out pursuant to section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949". 75 Stat. 154. (J) Section 220(h)(1) of the National Housing Act is amended by inserting after "virban renewal project" in the first sentence the following: "or in an area in which a program of concentrated code enforce-

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