40-58-04. Workable program

40-58-04. Workable program

A municipality for the purposes of this chapter may formulate a workable program for

utilizing appropriate private and public resources, including those specified in section 40-58-18,

to facilitate the development of industrial or commercial properties, eliminate and prevent the

development or spread of slums and urban blight, encourage needed urban rehabilitation,

provide for the redevelopment of slum and blighted areas, or undertake these activities or other

feasible municipal activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of the

workable program. The workable program may include provision for:

1. The development of industrial or commercial properties;

2. The prevention of the spread of blight into areas of the municipality which are free from

blight through diligent enforcement of housing, zoning, and occupancy controls and

standards;

3. The rehabilitation or conservation of slum and blighted areas or portions of those

areas by replanning, removing congestion, providing parks, playgrounds, and other

public improvements, by encouraging voluntary rehabilitation and by compelling the

repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated or deteriorating structures; and

4. The clearance and redevelopment of slum areas or portions of those areas.