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Council introduces vacant-property registration and fees; first readings advance
Summary
Council read several related ordinances that would create an unoccupied and vacant property registration program, definitions, and a graduated fee schedule; proponents framed it as a safety and housing-reuse tool while the mayor and commissions supported analysis and outreach.
Athens City Council held first readings Oct. 6 on a package of ordinances to establish a registration program and fees for unoccupied and vacant properties.
Council Member Alan Swank introduced Ordinance 103-25 (establish unoccupied and vacant property registration), Ordinance 104-25 (definitions to support the registration chapter), and Ordinance 105-25 (fees for unoccupied/vacant residential and commercial properties). Swank described the program’s purpose as “to establish a program for identifying and registering unoccupied and vacant residential, commercial, and industrial buildings and structures,…
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