This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Property
Maintenance Law of the Incorporated Village of Mineola."
In order to prevent blight and the spread thereof, it is hereby
declared that all property in the Village, improved or unimproved,
including but not limited to residences, office buildings, shopping
centers, supermarkets, retail stores, discount houses, warehouses,
manufacturing or fabrication plants, factories, gasoline service stations,
public garages, motor vehicle repair shops or other business uses,
whether occupied or vacant, and accessory structures located in the
Incorporated Village of Mineola shall be maintained in conformity
with the standards set out in this chapter so as to assure that these
structures and properties will not adversely affect the neighborhood
and the community at large. It is found and declared that, by reason
of lack of maintenance and progressive deterioration, certain structures
and properties have the further effect of creating blighting conditions
and initiating slums, and that if the same are not curtailed and removed,
the aforesaid conditions will grow and spread and will necessitate
in time the expenditure of large amounts of public funds to correct
and eliminate the same. By reason of timely regulations and restrictions
as herein contained, the growth of slums and blight may be prevented
and the neighborhood and property values thereby maintained, the desirability
and amenities of residential and nonresidential uses and neighborhoods
enhanced and the public health, safety and welfare protected and fostered.
Chapter
300, Housing Standards, of this Municipal Code shall supersede any provisions of this chapter which are in conflict therewith. All other provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to residential premises.