§ 3501.07. Slum or blighted area.  


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  • "Slum or blighted area" shall mean an area within the corporate limits in which there is a substantial predominance of structures or other improvements, and which, by reason of dilapidation, deterioration, age or obsolescence, inadequate provisions for ventilation, light, air, sanitation, or open space, high density of population and overcrowding, unsafe and unsanitary conditions or the existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire or other causes, or any combination of factors, substantially impairs the sound growth and planning of the community, is conducive to ill health, transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency and crime, and is detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare.

(Ord. 1028-56.)