There is herewith created a Rehabilitation Assistance Program (RAP) in the city. The purpose of this RAP is to improve the condition of housing and the quality of life in Tulare by providing a means through which property owners in designated neighborhood conservation areas in Tulare, which are deteriorating, may obtain financial assistance to rehabilitate their property. It shall be the policy of the RAP to encourage the existence of low and moderate income housing and to preserve the residential character of designated areas. The methods to be used consist of concentrated code enforcement, low cost long term loans for property rehabilitation and public improvements necessary to insure the success of rehabilitation areas.
(1995 Code, § 11.04.010) (Ord. 97-1800, passed - -1997)