97-92 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 49.1

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CHAPTER 49.1 BLIGHT OR CONSERVATION AREAS (ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 97-92, October 6, 1997) 1. LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION. It is hereby found and declared: (a) Within the City of Decatur there exist blighted or conservation areas where a major portion of the buildings and structures are detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the occupants and the welfaze of the City because of age, dilapidation, overcrowding or faulty arrangement, or lack of ventilation, light, sanitation facilities, adequate utilities or access to transportation, commercial marketing centers or to adequate labor supplies. (b) Such blight or conservation areas are usually situated in the older and centrally located areas of the City, and once e�sting, spread unless eradicated. (c) As a result of these degenerative conditions the properties embraced in a blight or conservation area fall into a state of non-productiveness or limited productiveness, and fail to produce their due and proper shaze of t�es. (d) The conditions in a blight or conservation area necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services.and facilities and constitute a drain upon the public revenue. These conditions impair the efficient, economical and indispensable governmental functions of the City.