as the Improvement of Deteriorating Real Property or Areas Tax
Exemption Act, and the act of December 1, 1977 (P.L.237, No.76),
known as the Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance Act,
which implement section 2(b)(iii) of Article VIII of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania.
Section 3. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Adult entertainment." As defined in 68 Pa.C.S. § 5502
(relating to definitions).
"Blighted property." The term includes:
(1) A premises:
(i) ascertained to be a public nuisance due to
physical condition or use, regarded as a public nuisance
at common law and deemed to be a danger to public health,
safety and welfare or public nuisance as regulated by a
locally adopted property maintenance code and any
compatible code enacted by the act of November 10, 1999
(P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction
Code Act; or
(ii) the condition of which contains an attractive
nuisance created by physical condition, use or occupancy,
including, but not limited to, an abandoned well, shaft,
basement, excavation or unsafe fence or other structure,
or a safety risk, including, but not limited to,
unauthorized entry or unsafe equipment.
(2) A dwelling that has been condemned or otherwise
deemed unfit for occupancy or use by the local authority
having jurisdiction due to dilapidated, unsanitary, unsafe,
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