Guam § 5114 - Disaster Areas.

§ 5114. Disaster Areas.

(a) Where the Legislature, by resolution, finds and determines that

an area is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as the result of a

major disaster, the Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to

plan, undertake and carry out under the provisions of this Article an

urban renewal project with respect to such area without regard to the

following:

(1) The requirements in §§ 5102 and 5111(a) of this Article

that an urban renewal area be a slum or blighted area;

(2) The requirements in § 5111 of this Article requiring

preparation of a master plan, submission of an urban renewal plan to

the Territorial Land Use Commission, and conformance of the

urban renewal plan to the master plan; provided, that the Authority

shall consult with the Land Use Commission in the preparation of

the urban renewal plan so that said plan conforms to definite local

objectives respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public

transportation, public utilities, recreational community facilities and

other public improvements;

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(3) The requirements of § 5111(e) and (f) of this Article

relating to relocation; provided, that the Authority has a plan for the

encouragement, to the maximum extent feasible, of the provisions

of dwellings suitable for the needs of families displaced by the

disaster or by redevelopment or rehabilitation activities.

(b) In the preparation of an urban renewal plan, with respect to a

project to be undertaken and carried out under this Section, the Authority

shall give due regard to the removal or relocation of dwellings from the

site of recurring floods or other recurring disasters in the urban renewal

area.