1343.01 PURPOSE.

   The purpose of this chapter is to establish a program for identifying and registering vacant residential and commercial buildings and structures; to determine the responsibilities of the owners of vacant buildings and structures; to preserve and protect the City of Dover's residential and commercial districts from becoming blighted through the lack of adequate maintenance; and to speed the rehabilitation of the vacant buildings and structures. The City of Dover finds that the presence of properties exhibiting evidence of vacancy pose special risks to the health, safety, and welfare of the community and therefore require heightened regulatory attention. Shifting the cost of burden from the general citizenry to the owners of the vacant buildings and structures will be the result of this chapter.

(Ord. 71-22. Passed 12-19-22.)