CHAPTER 230
FORMERLY
SENATE BILL NO. 196
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SLAUGHTER BEACH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):
Section 1. Amend Section 6 of the Charter of Slaughter Beach by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 6. Powers of the Town.
6.2 Enumeration of Powers. Not by way of limitation upon the scope of the powers vested in the Town Council to exercise all powers delegated by this Charter to the Town (except as may expressly appear herein to the contrary), but rather by way of enumeration and for purposes of clarity, the Town Council is vested by this Charter with the following powers, that is to say, the Town Council:
6.2.2 May hold and acquire by gift, negotiation and purchase, devise or lease, property both real (improved or unimproved) and personal, or mixed, within whether located inside or outside the boundaries of the Town, in fee or lesser estate or interest, necessary or desirable for any municipal or public purpose, including but not limited to, providing sites for constructing, improving, extending, altering, or demolishing:
(a) public buildings;
(b) parks;
(c) streets, squares, lanes and alleys;
(d) recreational facilities, including but not limited to, public bathing beaches, gymnasiums, athletic fields, bicycle paths, tennis, basketball, or paddleball courts, and all appurtenances thereto;
(e) for revitalization, or rehabilitation of blighted areas, or removal of dangerous buildings;
(f) for the protection of the health of the citizens of the town;
(g) for the proper furnishing of adequate municipal services to the citizens of the Town.
Approved February 10, 2020