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Council begins process to register vacant properties; fee schedule proposed to encourage reuse
Summary
Council read a set of ordinances to establish a vacant/unoccupied property registration program and a tiered fee schedule intended to incentivize rehabilitation and cover city administrative costs; the measures were read for the first time and will return for later hearings.
Athens City Council on Oct. 6 held first readings on a package of ordinances that would create a program to register unoccupied and vacant residential, commercial and industrial properties and establish penalties and fees for noncompliance.
Council Member Alan Swank introduced Ordinance 103-25 to create the program and said its goal is to identify vacant buildings, assign owner responsibilities and speed rehabilitation to productive use. "What this hopes to do is to be…
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