§ 2-5. Renewal and Conservation Plans.

(a) Project must conform to Plan.

No Renewal Project or Conservation Project shall be undertaken by the Department of Housing and Community Development except in accordance with the Renewal or Conservation Plan applicable to the area in which the project is to be undertaken.

(b) Renewal Plans.

(1) As used herein a Renewal Plan means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for the elimination, correction, or the prevention of the development or the spread of slums, blight, or deterioration in an entire Renewal Area or a portion thereof. When a plan is applicable to less than an entire Renewal Area, it shall include a description of the boundaries of the area to which it applies.

(2) The plan shall include a land use map showing the proposed use of all land within the area to which the plan is applicable, including the location, character, and extent of the proposed public and private ownership.

(3) The plan shall be sufficiently complete to define such land or property acquisition, acquisition of interests therein, demolition and removal of structures, disposition of land or property or interests therein, improvements, and programs of renovation or rehabilitation and conservation, and activities to effect substantial environmental change, as may be proposed to be undertaken or carried out in the area to which the plan is applicable; and the plan shall include a statement of the methods and standards under which the same is to be accomplished and the necessary controls to be applied in order to effect rehabilitation and conservation by owners of existing properties.

(4) The plan shall set out zoning changes, if any.

(5) The plan also shall indicate the nature of the restrictions, conditions, or covenants, if any, which are to be incorporated in deeds or contracts for the sale, lease, use or redevelopment of land or property within the area to which the plan is applicable.

(6) In addition, the plan shall state the reasons for the various provisions which it contains.

(1) As used herein a Conservation Plan means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for the elimination, correction or the prevention of the development or the spread of slums, blight, or deterioration in an entire Conservation Area or a portion thereof. When a plan is applicable to less than an entire Conservation Area, it shall include a description of the boundaries of the area to which it applies.

(2) The plan shall set forth such programs of renovation or rehabilitation and conservation as may be proposed to be undertaken or carried out in the area to which the plan is applicable, and shall include a statement of the methods and standards under which the plan is to be accomplished and the necessary controls to be applied in order to effect rehabilitation and conservation by owners of existing properties.

(3) If the plan permits or authorizes the acquisition of property by the power of eminent domain it shall so state and shall set forth the conditions under which such power may be exercised.

(4) The plan shall set out zoning changes, if any.

(5) In addition, the plan shall state the reasons for the various provisions which it contains.

(d) Conformance to Master Plan or Official Detailed Plan.

Every Renewal Plan and Conservation Plan shall conform to the Master Plan or the Official Detailed Plan, if any, applicable to the area of the City involved.