The Mayor and Council find and declare that within the Village limits, there are vacant buildings or structures which are in an unsafe, dangerous or unsecure condition which need to be made safe and secure. Such buildings or structures pose a danger to the health, welfare and safety of the citizens of the Village by increasing neighborhood blight, creating fire and other hazards to adjoining properties, attracting criminal activities, and creating attractive nuisance to children. It is, therefore, essential to public health welfare and safety that the Village maintain an accurate registration of all vacant buildings and structures, and the purpose of this Chapter is to establish a program for identifying and registering vacant residential, commercial and industrial buildings within the Village; to determine the responsibilities of owners of vacant buildings and structures; to speed the rehabilitation or condemnation of vacant buildings; and to shift the cost of rehabilitating or condemning vacant buildings from the public to the owners of the blighted buildings to the extent permitted by law.
(Ord. 2018-10-8. Passed 12-11-18.)