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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-08-8849 (Southside Revitalization Plan)ORDINANCE NO. 2025-08-8849 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND APPROVING THE "SOUTHSIDE REVITALIZATION PLAN," ESTABLISHING AND DESIGNATING THE "SOUTHSIDE PROGRAM AREA,"AND DESIGNATING THE URBAN RENEWAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF PADUCAH WITH THE AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN AND OVERSEE THE ADMINISTATION OF THE PLAN FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF THE SOUTHSIDE PROGRAM AREA. WHEREAS, the Southside of Paducah is one of Paducah's earliest neighborhoods and the revitalization of this neighborhood is a priority of the Board of Commissioners, and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has further determined that it is a public purpose of the City to foster, promote, and facilitate the orderly development, redevelopment, and revitalization of blighted, substandard, vacant, orphaned, and underutilized properties located within the "Southside of Paducah," all to the benefit of the citizens and residents of the City; and WHEREAS, to fulfill this public purpose, the City of Paducah acting by and through its Planning Department and pursuant to Chapter 99 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, as amended, has established a development/program area and is proposing a neighborhood redevelopment plan, known as the "Southside Revitalization Plan" (the "Plan;"), and is now requesting that the Board of Commissioners approve and adopt the Plan; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on June 9, 2025, by the Paducah Planning Commission and Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency, an agency of the City of Paducah ("URCDA"), after notice pursuant to law; and WHEREAS, the Paducah Planning Commission and URCDA have duly considered the Plan and have heard and considered the objections and suggestions of all interested parties who appeared at said hearing; and WHEREAS, the Paducah Planning Commission found that the Plan to be in conformance with the Paducah -McCracken County Comprehensive Plan adopted January 28, 2025, and is necessary to effectuate the public purposes of the City, and has therefore approved and adopted the Plan on July 7, 2025; and WHEREAS, the URCDA concurs with the Paducah Planning Commission and has therefore approved and adopted the Plan on July 7, 2025, finding that the incentive strategies, funding sources, and budget for Phase One Program Area are set forth in Sections 7 and 8 of the Plan and are reasonable and feasible to finance or arrange to finance the revitalization of the Phase One Program Area in accordance with the Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED AND ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Adoption of the Southside Revitalization Plan. The City of Paducah, acting by and through its Board of Commissioners, hereby adopts the Southside Revitalization Plan attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein as Exhibit A. The Board of Commissioners hereby finds and determines that joint public hearings were duly held on June 9, 2025, to solicit public comment on the Plan, following notice of the hearing in accordance with Chapters 99 and 424 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, as amended. Both the Paducah Planning Commission and the URCDA recommend approval of the Southside Revitalization Plan to the Board of Commissioners. SECTION 2. Establishment, Name, Boundaries. The development/program area is located within the City and is hereby established and designated as the "Southside Program Area." The Southside Program Area, as described in the Plan consists of eight main neighborhoods: Walter Jetton, Uppertown, River Park, Kolb Park, Farley Place, Littleville, Dolly McNutt, and Ella Munal, and covers 3.30 square miles and contains 3,678 parcels of land. Due to this large scale area, the Plan will be implemented in phases. "Phase One Program Area" includes all land within the corporate boundaries of the City of Paducah situated between the southern right-of-way line of Kentucky Avenue to the northern right-of-way line of Caldwell Street and from the western right- of-way line of South 3rd Street to the eastern boundary of the Illinois Central Railroad track between Kentucky Avenue and Caldwell Street. SECTION 3. Findings and Determinations. In accordance with Chapter 99 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, as amended, the City hereby makes the following findings and determinations: (a) That the Southside Program Area is a blighted area; (b) That a shortage of housing of sound standards and design adequate for family life exists in the Program Area and in the Paducah community; (c) That the need for housing accommodations has been or will be increased as a result of the revitalization in accordance with the Plan of the residential and commercial units in the Southside Program Area; (d) That the conditions of blight in the Southside Program Area and the shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the Paducah community cause or contribute to an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the public health, safety, and welfare; (e) That the Southside Revitalization Plan will afford maximum opportunity consistent with the sound needs of the Paducah community as a whole for the redevelopment of the Southside Program Area by private enterprise; (f) That the Southside Revitalization Plan conforms to and with the Paducah -McCracken County Comprehensive Plan adopted January 28, 2025; (g) That federal financial assistance is not necessary, and all funds will be available from other sources; (h) That the benefits which will result from eliminating the slum and blighted conditions in the Program Area will accrue to the inhabitants of the communities in which these conditions exist and to the inhabitants of the City of Paducah, Kentucky generally; and (i) That the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of Chapter 99 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, as amended, is hereby declared to be legislative determination and all powers exercised, and all public monies expended are for public uses and purposes. SECTION 4. Designation of Oversight Agency. the City hereby designates URCDA for the implementation, oversight, administration and review responsibility for the Southside Revitalization Plan and this Ordinance. URCDA shall act on behalf of the City in administering the Southside Revitalization Plan and this Ordinance. SECTION 5. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if any section, phrase or provision shall for any reason be declared invalid, such declaration of invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Ordinance. SECTION 6. Repeal of Conflicting Orders and Ordinances. All prior resolutions, municipal orders or ordinances or parts of any resolution, municipal order or ordinance in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 7. Effective Date. This Ordinances 1 b read on two separate days and will become effective upon summary publication pi}r uan CbVlep4y 4. YOR GEORGE P. ATTEST: GLk indsay Parish, r eah City Clerk Introduced by the Board of Commissioners, July 22, 2025 Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, August 12, 2025 Recorded by City Clerk, August 12, 2025 Published by The Paducah Sun, August 15, 2025 ORD\Southside Revitalization Plan EXHIBIT A SOUTHSIDE REVITALIZATION PLAN SEE DIGITAL COPY IN LASERFICHE