(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.

SOURCE: GC § 13912.