(4) On the date of the hearing, a member of the Department of Safety and Permits, the city planning commission, and the authority shall appear before the local governing authority and present testimony as requested concerning the properties under consideration. After hearing all of the information and evidence presented, the hearing officer shall certify by order those properties which are determined to be blighted and shall authorize the authority to acquire said properties if the authority finds that such acquisition is necessary and feasible. (3) On the date of the hearing, interested parties may present testimony before the hearing officer concerning the properties under consideration.
Notice by mail or publication shall be accomplished at least thirty days prior to the date of the hearing. The notice shall also state that the purpose of the hearing is to determine whether the property is blighted and eligible for expropriation by the authority. The notice shall include the property owner's name, the property's street address, and the date, time, and place of the hearing. If the notice is returned as undeliverable or as not accepted, notice shall be given in the official journal of the municipality.
(2) The administrative hearing officer shall place each listed property on the administrative hearing docket and notify each property owner of the scheduled hearing by registered or certified mail at the address of the property owner as listed in the assessor's office of the parish. (1) Any municipal entity responsible for inspecting property and enforcing health, housing, fire, historic district, and environmental codes, which may include the Department of Safety and Permits, the New Orleans Division of Housing and Neighborhood Development, or any other entity designated by the local governing authority shall submit to the administrative hearing officer a list of those properties which are determined to be vacant, uninhabitable, and hazardous and which otherwise meet the criteria set forth in Subsection B of this Section for the determination of blight. The procedure for certification of blighted properties shall be as follows:
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(4) Any premises declared to be vermin-infested or lacking in facilities or equipment required by the housing code of the city of New Orleans.Ĭ. (3) Any premises declared to be a fire hazard. (2) Any premises declared to be a public nuisance. (1) Any premises which because of physical condition, or use or disuse thereof constitutes a threat to public health and safety. 13:25 or other applicable law) In determining whether any premises are vacant, uninhabitable, or hazardous, the hearing officer shall consider any or all of the following: For the purposes of this Section, "blighted property" shall include those commercial or residential premises, including lots which have been declared vacant, uninhabitable, and hazardous by an administrative hearing officer acting pursuant to R.S. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority shall have the power to acquire by purchase, gift, bequest, expropriation, negotiation, or otherwise any blighted property as defined in this Section, either within or outside a designated community improvement area and, further, to hold, clear, manage, and dispose of said property, all in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section.ī. An attractive nuisance for illicit purposes, including prostitution, drug use and vagrancy.§4720.59.Dilapidated in appearance, negatively affecting the economic well-being of residents and businesses in close proximity, including decreases in property value and loss of business, which the owner has failed to remedy.Subject to vermin, the accumulation of debris, uncut vegetation or physical deterioration of the structure or grounds creating potential health and safety hazards, and the owner has failed to take measures to remove the hazards.An attractive nuisance to children, such as an unsafe structure, basement, or excavation.Subject to unauthorized entry leading to potential health and safety hazards and the owner has failed to secure it.Vacant in such a manner as to have an increased risk of fire to the building.Unfit for human habitation, occupancy or use.In need of substantial rehabilitation, no rehabilitation during the previous 12 months.
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