KRS 99.190: Proceedings in Circuit Court to compel compliance with law by

redevelopment corporations.

Whenever a redevelopment corporation shall not have obtained the certificates of

approval of its development plan required by KRS 99.040 to 99.060 within twelve ( 12)

months of the date upon which it became a redevelopment corporation, or shall not have

substantially complied with its development plan within the time limits for the

completion of each stage thereof as therein stated, reasonable delays caused by

unforeseen difficulties excepted, or shall do, permit to be done or fail or omit to do

anything contrary to or required of it by, as the case may be, KRS 99.010 to 99.310, or

shall be about so to do, permit to be done or fail or omit to have done, as the case m ay be,

then any such fact may be certified by the planning commission or the supervising

agency, whichever shall have supervision thereof, to the chief legal officer of the city,

who may thereupon commence a proceeding in the Circuit Court of the county in which

such city is located in the city's name for the purpose of having such action, failure or

omission, or threatened action, failure or omission, established by order of the court for

the purpose stated in KRS 99.120, or stopped, prevented or otherwise rectified by

mandamus, injunction or otherwise. Such proceedings shall be commenced by a petition

to the Circuit Court alleging the violation complained of and praying for appropriate

relief. It shall thereupon be the duty of the court to specify the time , not exceeding twenty

(20) days after service of a copy of the petition, within which the redevelopment

corporation complained of must answer the petition. The court shall, immediately after a

default in answering or after answer, as the case may be, inqu ire into the facts and

circumstances in such manner as the court shall direct without other or formal

proceedings, and without respect to any technical requirements. Such other persons or

corporations as it shall seem to the court necessary or proper to jo in as parties in order to

make its orders of judgment effective may be joined as parties. The final judgment or

order in any such action or proceeding shall dismiss the action or proceeding or establish

the failure complained of or direct that a mandamus order, or an injunction, or both, issue,

or grant such other relief as the court may deem appropriate.