BLIGHT, BLIGHTED or DETERIORATED PROPERTY. Any vacant structure or vacant or unimproved lot or parcel of ground in a predominantly built-up neighborhood:
(1) Which because of physical condition or use is regarded as a public nuisance at common law or has been declared a public nuisance in accordance with the housing, building, plumbing, fire, nuisance, or related codes;
(2) Which because of physical condition, use, or occupancy is considered an attractive nuisance to children, including but not limited to abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations, and unsafe fences or structures;
(3) Which, because it is dilapidated, unsanitary, unsafe, vermin-infested, or lacking in the facilities and equipment required by the housing or nuisance code of the local government in which it is located, has been designated by the department responsible for enforcement of the housing or nuisance code as unfit for human habitation;
(4) Which is a fire hazard, or is otherwise dangerous to the safety of persons or property;
(5) From which the utilities, plumbing, heating, sewerage, or other facilities have been disconnected, destroyed, removed, or rendered ineffective so that the property is unfit for its intended use;
(6) Which by reason of neglect or lack of maintenance has become a place for accumulation of trash and debris, or a haven for rodents or other vermin;
(7) Which has been tax delinquent for a period of at least three years; or
(8) Which has not been brought into compliance with the housing, building, plumbing, electrical, fire, or nuisance code of the local government within which it is located within the time constraints placed upon the owner by the appropriate code enforcement agency;
CITY. Shall mean the City of Franklin, Kentucky.
CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD. Shall mean the Franklin-Simpson Code Enforcement Board.
COMMISSION. Shall mean the Board of Commissioners of the City of Franklin, Kentucky.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, business, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE or PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE ENFORCEMENT ORDINANCE. An ordinance or ordinances adopted by the city pursuant to KRS 65.8801 to 65.8839 or a similar ordinance or ordinances adopted by the city pursuant to any other authority.
REDEVELOPMENT or REDEVELOPED. The planning or re-planning, design or redesign, acquisition, clearance, development, and disposal or any combination of these, of a property in the preparation of such property for residential, commercial, public, or related uses, as may be appropriate or necessary.
(Ord. 2016-010, passed 9-12-2016)