§ 11-154. Findings.

(a)

The City Council finds that there is an increasing use of real property within the City for the purpose of flagrant violations of the penal laws relating to dangerous drugs. The City Council also finds that such use continues even after the interdiction by police authorities, with repeated offenses being committed at the same properties.

(b)

The City Council finds that this situation seriously interferes with the interest of the general public in the areas of quality of neighborhood life and environment, diminution of property values, safety of the public upon the streets and sidewalks, and increasing costs of law enforcement as a result of these illegal activities.

(c)

The City Council, therefore, finds it in the public interest to authorize and empower the appropriate City officials to take corrective action to abate drug blight on real property where the owner fails to take corrective action within the prescribed time period. Such corrective action is in response to the apparent proliferation of these illegal activities without prejudice to the use of any other procedures and remedies available under any other law.

(Code 1993, § 5-80; Code 2004, § 14-116)

(Code 1993, § 5-80; Code 2004, § 14-116)