INVERNESS — Merriam-Webster defines blight as something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.
INVERNESS — Merriam-Webster defines blight as something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.
Urban blight is an area in a “damaged or worsened condition,” according to the dictionary.
Then there is the Inverness City Council’s definition of blight, as spelled out in a resolution passed this week: A condition detrimental to the sound growth of the city, impairs or arrests that growth and is “detrimental to the public safety, morals and public welfare.”