§ 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.