PRINTER'S NO. 484
No. 420 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY HICKERNELL, FREEMAN, ARGALL, BAKER, BENNINGTON, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CLYMER, COHEN, COX, DALLY, DeLUCA, EACHUS, FABRIZIO, FLECK, GEIST, GOODMAN, GRELL, GRUCELA, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, M. KELLER, KILLION, KORTZ, MANDERINO, MANN, MARSICO, MILLARD, MOYER, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PETRONE, PICKETT, REED, ROSS, RUBLEY, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY, SONNEY, STABACK, STERN, STURLA, SURRA, TANGRETTI, TRUE, WALKO, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND YUDICHAK, FEBRUARY 13, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 13, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending the act of April 23, 2002 (P.L.298, No.39), entitled 2 "An act providing for a commercial downtown enhancement 3 program to be administered by the Department of Community and 4 Economic Development," further providing for the Main Street 5 Program. 6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 7 hereby enacts as follows: 8 Section 1. Section 3(b) of the act of April 23, 2002 9 (P.L.298, No.39), known as the Main Street Act, is amended to 10 read: 11 Section 3. Program. 12 * * * 13 (b) Requirements.--The program shall at a minimum include 14 the following components: 15 (1) Basic grants, for up to five years, for 16 administrative costs associated with the hiring of a manager.
1 (2) [Commercial downtown] Downtown reinvestment grants 2 for infrastructure and structural improvements within the 3 established commercial downtown, including streets, 4 streetlights, trees, housing, commercial and residential 5 facades and sidewalks or other pedestrian-oriented features. 6 (3) Plans for marketing and promoting the established 7 commercial downtown within the Main Street area. 8 (3.1) Plans for marketing and promoting residential 9 opportunities within the Main Street area. 10 (4) Plans to leverage additional private and public 11 investment in the Main Street area. 12 (5) Plans to address social or economic concerns within 13 the Main Street area. 14 (6) Plans, to the greatest extent possible, to achieve 15 consistency with existing revitalization efforts. 16 (7) An assessment of the potential need for the 17 following components: 18 (i) The establishment of a neighborhood improvement 19 district as defined in the act of December 20, 2000 20 (P.L.949, No.130), known as the Neighborhood Improvement 21 District Act. 22 (ii) A review of local comprehensive plans and 23 zoning and other land use ordinances to foster the 24 viability of the Main Street area. 25 * * * 26 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A4L14DMS/20070H0420B0484 - 2 -