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Chelsea neighborhood group urges Atlantic City to enforce abandoned‑property rules, citing public costs and blight
Summary
A Chelsea neighborhood community representative told the council that absentee owners and vacant properties are imposing service costs and safety risks on taxpayers and urged fuller enforcement of the city's abandoned‑property tools and a vacant‑property fee.
Atlantic City — A community representative from the city’s Chelsea neighborhood urged the City Council on Sept. 17 to use existing ordinances to hold absentee owners accountable for vacant and blighted properties, saying taxpayers bear the cost of maintaining and policing those sites.
Speaking during public comment, Elizabeth Taranick (identified in the meeting as a local community representative) described more than 100 vacant properties in Chelsea and said owners frequently do not live in Atlantic City. She told the council that those properties “require additional services from police, code, public works, and fire,” and that unpaid taxes shift the…
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