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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-10-8858 (URCDA)ORDINANCE NO. 2025-10-8858 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING AND REPLACING ARTICLE VI, "URBAN RENEWAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY", OF CHAPTER 35 "COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY WHEREAS, the Paducah Board of Commissioners did adopt on August 12, 2025, the Southside Revitalization Plan of the City of Paducah and designated Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency ("URCDA") to act on behalf of the City for the implementation, oversight, administration and review responsibility for the Southside Revitalization Plan; and WHEREAS, due its increased duties administering and implementing the Southside Revitalization Plan, the City of Paducah has determined that it is in the best interest of the City to repeal Article VI, "Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency" of Chapter 35 "Community Planning and Development" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, which establishes URCDA and governs the composition of URCDA as a subcommittee of the Paducah Planning Commission, by repealing this Article VI in its entirety and replacing it as stated herein; NOW THEREFORE be it ordained by the City Commission of the City of Paducah as follows: SECTION A:. Article VI, "Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency" of Chapter 35 "Community Planning and Development" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky is hereby revoked in its entirety and replaced with the following: ARTICLE VI. - URBAN RENEWAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY Sec. 34-121. - Established. The Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency of Paducah, hereinafter referred to as the URCDA, was established by Resolution on February 23, 1960 by the City of Paducah. (Ord. No. 2019-12-8608, § 1, 12-17-2019) Sec. 34-122. - Composition; term and meetings. (a) Generally. The URCDA shall consist of a total of five (5) residents within city limits of the City of Paducah as members who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Commissioners in conformity with applicable law. (b) Terms. Three (3) of the members who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one (1), two (2) and three (3) years respectively, and the remaining two (2) of such members shall be designated to serve for terms of four (4) years each, from the date of their appointment as indicated in KRS 99.350. Any appointments heretofore made for a term of five (5) years are hereby confirmed and declared to be appointments for a term of four (4) years from the date of such appointment. Thereafter, members shall be appointed as aforesaid for a term of office of four (4) years, except that all vacancies occurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired term. A member shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified. The term of each URCDA member, except for the initial term, shall be for a staggered four (4) year term A member shall hold office until a successor has been appointed and qualified. (c) Meetings. The URCDA shall hold at least one (1) regular meeting per month at City Hall on a day and time determined by URCDA. See. 34-123. - Powers and authority. The powers, functions and duties of the URCDA and its authority shall be in conformity with KRS 99.330 to 99.510, as amended from time to time. SECTION B. SEVERABILITY. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION C. COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS LAWS. The City Commission hereby finds and determines that all formal actions relative to the adoption of this Ordinance were taken in an open meeting of this City Commission, and that all deliberations of this City Commission and of its committees, if any, which resulted in formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in full compliance with applicable legal requirements. SECTION D. CONFLICTS. Upon the publication and on the effective date of this Ordinance, the following Chapter shall be repealed in its entirety and superseded with this Ordinance: Chapter 108. SECTION E. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective upon summary publication pursuant to K) Win. 7ATT T: 11 Ci Jerk, Lindsa36Parish read on two separate days and will Introduced by the Board of Commissioners, September 16, 2025 Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, October 2, 2025 Recorded by Lindsay Parish, City Clerk, October 2, 2025 Published by The Paducah Sun, October 7, 2025 P.