2013-58 APPROVING THE SOUTHSIDE TAX INCREMENT REDEVELOPMENT PLAN

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CO N y extensive deterioration and would need major renovations i cluding redesign m before they could be reutilized. In addition there is a warehous structure which to p, has had significant vacancies over the last several years The private sector has V4 recognized the obsolescence of these structures by the refusal to reinvest in them. CU M Finally because of their size, they appear to be oversized for the needs of the M community. Y 4. Deterioration —Definition o Deterioration refers to physical deficiencies or disrepair in buildings or site improvements requiring treatment or repair. • Deterioration of Buildings: While deterioration m be evident in basically sound buildings, e.g., lack of painting, loose or missing materials, or holes and cracks over limited areas, such deterioration can be corrected through normal maintenance. Such deterioration would not be sufficiently advanced to warrant classifying a b 'lding as being deteriorated or deteriorating within the purposes of the Act. Deterioration which is not easily correctable in the dourse of normal maintenance may also be evident in buildings. Such buildings may be classified as deteriorating or in an advanced stage of deterioration, depending upon the degree or extent of defects. This would include buildings with major defects in the secondary building components (e.g., doors, windows, porches, gutters and downspouts, fascia materials, etc.), and major defects in primary building components ( .g., foundations, frames, roofs, etc.), respectively. • Deterioration of Surface Improvements: The conditi ns of roadways, alleys, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, off-street parking an surface storage areas may also evidence deterioration; surface cracking, crumbling, potholes, depressions, loose paving materials, weeds protruding through the surface, etc. Summary of Findings Regarding Deterioration Throughout the Area deteriorating conditions were recorded on existing structures and the surface conditions related to them. The exterior field sL rvey of structural conditions in the Area found structures with defects in the secondary structural components, including windows, doors, gutters, downspouts, porches, chimneys, fascia materials, etc. Further, numerous conditions exist where buildings are in need of painting, have loose or missing materials, and deteriorating conditions exist in roadways, alleys, curbs, sidewalks, off-street parking areas and alleys in the Area. 15