Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part 1, when the governing body certifies that an area within the municipality is in need of redevelopment or rehabilitation as a result of a flood, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe respecting which the governor has certified the need for disaster assistance under Public Law 875, Eighty-first Congress, or other federal law, such area shall be deemed a blighted area, and the authority situated in such municipality may prepare and submit to such governing body a proposed urban renewal plan and proposed urban renewal project for such area or for any portion thereof, and such governing body may, by resolution, approve such proposed urban renewal plan and urban renewal project with or without modifications without regard to the provisions of this part 1 requiring a general or master plan for the physical development of the municipality as a whole, review by the planning commission, or a public hearing.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1168, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-25-108 as it existed prior to 1975.