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99.700 Legislative findings and policy.

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99.700 Legislative findings and policy. (1) It is hereby found: (a) That there exists in many cities and in counties containing a city of the first class or consolidated local government in this Commonwealth blighted and <br>deteriorated properties in neighborhoods which cause the deterioration of <br>those and contiguous neighborhoods and constitute a serious and growing <br>menace which is injurious to the public health, safety, morals, and general <br>welfare of the residents of the Commonwealth, and are beyond remedy and <br>control solely by regulatory process in the exercise of the police power; (b) That the existence of blighted and deteriorated properties within neighborhoods, and the growth and spread of blight and deterioration or the <br>threatened deterioration of other neighborhoods and properties: <br>1. Contribute substantially and increasingly to the spread of disease and <br>crime, and to losses by fire and accident; 2. Necessitate expensive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds <br>for the preservation of the public health and safety, for crime prevention, <br>correction, prosecution, and punishment, for the treatment of juvenile <br>delinquency, for the maintenance of adequate police, fire and accident <br>protection, and for other public services and facilities; 3. Constitute an economic and social liability; 4. Substantially impair or arrest the sound growth of the community; 5. Retard the provision of decent, safe, and sanitary housing <br>accommodations; 6. Depreciate assessable values; 7. Cause an abnormal exodus of families from these neighborhoods; and 8. Are detrimental to the health, the well-being, and the dignity of many <br>residents of these neighborhoods; (c) That this menace cannot be effectively dealt with by private enterprise without the aids provided herein; and (d) That the benefits which would result from eliminating the blighted properties that cause the blight and deterioration of neighborhoods will accrue to the <br>inhabitants of the neighborhoods in which these conditions exist and to the <br>inhabitants of this Commonwealth generally. (2) It is hereby declared: (a) That it is the policy of this Commonwealth to protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth by eliminating the <br>blight and deterioration of neighborhoods through the elimination of blighted <br>and deteriorated properties within these neighborhoods; (b) That the elimination of such blight and deterioration and the preparation of the properties for sale or lease, for development or redevelopment, constitute a <br>public use and purpose for which public money may be expended and private property acquired and are governmental functions in the interest of the health, <br>safety, and welfare of the people of the Commonwealth; and (c) That the necessity in the public interest for the provisions enacted herein is hereby declared to be a legislative determination. Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 127, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 170, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1984 Ky. <br>Acts ch. 248, sec. 1, effective July 13, 1984.