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§ 4710 Disposition of property.

31 DE Code § 4710 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) The land bank shall determine and set forth in policies and procedures adopted by the board of directors the general terms and conditions for consideration to be received by the land bank for the transfer of real property and interests in real property, which consideration may take the form of monetary payments and secured financial obligations, covenants and conditions related to the present and future use of the property, contractual commitments of the transferee, and such other forms of consideration as determined by the board of directors to be in the best interest of the land bank.

(b) The land bank may convey, exchange, sell, transfer, lease, grant, release, demise, pledge, mortgage, and hypothecate any and all interests in, upon, or to real property of the land bank.

(c) A foreclosing governmental unit may, in its local law, resolution, or ordinance creating a land bank, or in the applicable intergovernmental cooperation agreement in the case of multiple foreclosing governmental units creating a single land bank under § 4705(b) of this title, establish a hierarchical ranking of priorities for the use of real property owned by a land bank. Any hierarchical ranking of priorities for the use of such real property that is established may include any of the following:

(1) Use for purely public spaces and places.

(2) Use for affordable housing.

(3) Use for retail, commercial, and industrial activities.

(4) Use as wildlife conservation areas.

(5) Such other uses in such hierarchical order as determined by the applicable foreclosing governmental unit.

(d) The priorities established under subsection (c) of this section may be for the entire jurisdiction of the foreclosing governmental unit or may be set according to the needs of different neighborhoods, municipalities, or other locations within the jurisdiction, or according to the nature of the real property.

(e) A land bank shall consider all duly adopted land use plans and shall coordinate the disposition of land bank real property with such land use plans.

(f) A foreclosing governmental unit may, in its local law, resolution, or ordinance creating a land bank, or in the applicable intergovernmental cooperation agreement in the case of multiple foreclosing governmental units creating a single land bank under § 4705(b) of this title, require that any particular form of disposition of real property, or any disposition of real property located within specified jurisdictions, be subject to specified voting and approval requirements of the board of directors. Except and unless restricted or constrained in this manner, the board of directors may delegate to officers and employees the authority to enter into and execute agreements, instruments of conveyance, and all other related documents pertaining to the disposition of real property by the land bank.

(g) All property disposition records of the land bank shall be made available for public inspection as required by Chapter 100 of Title 29.

80 Del. Laws, c. 155, § 1.

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§ 4710 Disposition of property.