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Project Name: <br />Louisville Revitalization Commission <br />Urban Renewal Area- Application for Assistance <br />Blight Conditions Description <br />The Rose and Raven <br />Please provide a short description of how the project addresses the following blight conditions <br />identified in the Urban Renewal Area. <br />A) Slum, deteriorated, <br />The existing structure has been vacant for many years and has sustained extensive structural <br />or deteriorating <br />damage; the roof requires total replacement, damage to the foundation has caused walls to <br />shift and crack, and the site overall has poor drainage. As this is the prominent site for the <br />structures <br />Village Square Shops with respect to South Boulder Road its vacancy has depressed visitor <br />B) Predominance of <br />traffic to the neighboring shops and stores, causing a larger economic depression for the area. <br />defective or <br />inadequate street <br />layout <br />C) Faulty lot layout in <br />Due to the nature of the previous drive -through bank design, the building is surrounded on all <br />relation to size, <br />sides with traffic lanes; the lot is constrained on three sides with vehicular and utility easements, <br />adequacy, <br />leaving minimal room for landscape improvements, exacerbating site drainage problems and <br />severely restricting pedestrian circulation. Viable commercial uses of the building and site in this <br />accessibility, or <br />condition and layout are therefore highly restricted. <br />usefulness <br />D) Unsanitary or <br />The existing structure has poorly lit and unlit areas, cracked and uneven sidewalks, poor <br />unsafe conditions <br />drainage and an accumulation of trash, graffiti, weeds and animal feces. People use the site <br />for parking and illegal vehicle storage (RVs and jet -skis). Additionally, there are numerous <br />E) Deterioration of site <br />reports of vandalism and vagrancy connected to this site. <br />or other improvements <br />F) Unusual <br />topography or <br />inadequate public <br />improvements or <br />utilities <br />G) Defective or <br />unusual conditions of <br />title rendering the title <br />nonmarketable <br />H) Existence of <br />conditions that <br />endanger life or <br />property by fire and <br />other causes <br />1) Buildings that are <br />Existing cracks in the western wall and floor and poor roof design/neglect has led to prolonged <br />unsafe or unhealthy <br />water damage. Repairing this would be financially burdensome and restoring the structure may <br />for persons to live or <br />p <br />cost more than building anew. Third party reports indicate that environmental cleanup and mold <br />mitigation would require removal of the interior partition walls, a complete roof replacement and <br />work <br />replacement of all HVAC systems. <br />J) Environmental <br />contamination of <br />buildings or property <br />K.5) Existence of <br />health, safety, or <br />welfare factors <br />requiring high levels of <br />services <br />36 <br />