The purpose of this subchapter is to preserve city neighborhoods and to further the maintenance, preservation, improvement, and development of housing for all persons regardless of income level; to provide that the city, by resolution, may designate one or more neighborhood enterprise zones pursuant to the Michigan Neighborhood Enterprise Zone Act, Public Act 147 of 1992, as amended, being M.C.L. §§ 207.771 et seq.; and to encourage, through ad valorem property tax benefits established by said Act, the construction of new structures that have as their primary purpose owner occupied one- or two-unit residential housing and the rehabilitation of existing structures having as their primary purpose residential housing consisting of one to eight units, by bringing them into conformity with minimum Building and Housing Code standards and improving the livability of units.
(Prior Code, § 33.40) (Ord. O-76, passed 2-9-2009, effective 2-19-2009)