It is the purpose of this Chapter to provide for the safety and welfare of citizens of the Village of Dimondale and to prevent, reduce or eliminate blight in the Village by the prevention or elimination of contributing factors and causes of blight and safety hazards which exist or which may in the future exist in the Village of Dimondale. No person, firm or corporation shall maintain or permit to be maintained any of these causes of blight upon any property owned, leased, rented, possessed, controlled, or occupied by such person, firm or corporation in the Village of Dimondale.
It is hereby found that:
(a) Areas of the Village are, or may become, blighted with the resulting impairment of taxable values upon which operating revenues to the Village of Dimondale and other local units of government depend;
(b) Such blighted areas are detrimental to the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens, property owners, and economic welfare of the community;
(c) In order to improve and maintain the general character of the Village, it is necessary to rehabilitate such blighted areas;
(d) The purpose of this chapter is to rehab such areas by eliminating blight and the factors that contribute to blight for the protection of the health, safety, and general welfare of the Village of Dimondale; to preserve existing property values, and to ensure the Village remains aesthetically desirable for residential and commercial development.
(Ord. 2020-02. Passed 1-11-21.)