Hallsville Purpose and Findings ordinance (§ 215.010)

The Board of Aldermen of the City of Hallsville, Missouri, finds that unkempt, unsafe, unsanitary and otherwise improperly maintained premises and structures, sidewalks and easements within the City of Hallsville, in addition to the obvious hazards which these conditions pose to the public health, safety and welfare, adversely affect the value, utility and habitability of property within the City as a whole and specifically cause substantial damage to adjoining and nearby property. This Chapter conveys to the City administration, in accordance with the procedures set out below, all necessary and proper powers to abate nuisances and other improperly maintained structures and properties as they are described or found to exist, and to charge the costs of their abatement to those responsible, the owners and occupants of the property upon which nuisances exists, and those properties themselves.