Section 15-9-105 - Workable Program; Formulation; Objectives and Provisions Thereof.

WY Stat § 15-9-105 (2019) (N/A)
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15-9-105. Workable program; formulation; objectives and provisions thereof.

(a) For the purposes of this chapter a municipality may formulate for itself a workable program for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to:

(i) Eliminate and prevent the development or spread of slums and urban blight;

(ii) Encourage needed urban rehabilitation;

(iii) Provide for the redevelopment of slum and blighted areas; or

(iv) Undertake any of those activities or other feasible municipal activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of a workable program.

(b) A workable program may include provisions for the:

(i) Prevention of the spread of blight through diligent enforcement of housing, zoning and occupancy controls and standards;

(ii) Rehabilitation or conservation of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof by:

(A) Replanning;

(B) Removing congestion;

(C) Providing parks, playgrounds and other public improvements;

(D) Encouraging voluntary rehabilitation; and

(E) Compelling the repair and rehabilitation of deteriorated or deteriorating structures.

(iii) Clearance and redevelopment of slum and blighted areas or portions thereof.