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WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has made detailed studies of the location, physical condition of structures, land use, enviroP~ental influences, and social, cultural and economic conditions of the Project area and has determined that the area is blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating area and that it is detrimental and a menace to the safety, health, and welfare of the inhabitants and users thereof and of the City of Portsmouth at large, because of the following: there are 882 structures within the project area. The study of the area revealed that 391 are feasible, from the stand- point of condition of that particular building as well as its location~ fo~ rehabilitation. Accordingly, sections of the project area are designated as conservation areas on the Mount Hermon Land Use Map shown on Exhibit RP-2. As to the remain- ing 491 buildings within the project area, 365 or 74% are structurally substandard to a degree requiring clearance. These buildings cannot be economically renovated; further, this blighted, deterioratedt or deteriorating area is detri- mental to the safety, health, morals and welfare of the com- munity because of dilapidation and basic environmental defici- encies such as, overcrowding or improper location of structures on the land; excessive dwelling unit density; incompatible land use relationships; obsolete building ~ypes, inadequate street layout, inadequate parking and the dilapidation of auxiliary structures in rear yards which together with accumulation of debris produces a deleterious effect in some areas of ~he pro- ject; and the members of the Council have been fully apprised by the Local Public Agency and are aware of these facts and conditions; and WHEREAS.. there has been prepared and referred to the Council of the City of Portsmouth for review and approval an Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area, dated September, 1972, and consisting of 36 pages and 3 exhibits; and WheREAS, the Urban Renewal Plan has been approved by the Governing Body of the Local Public Agency, as evidenced by the copy of said Body's duly certified resolution approving the Urban Renewal Plan, which is attached hereto; and WHEREAS, a general plan has been prepared and is recog- nized and used as a guide for the general development of the City of Portsmouth as a whole; and WHEREAS, the Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area prescribes certain land uses for the project area and will re- quire, among other things, changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establish- ment of new street patterns, the location and relocation of sewer -2-