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Chelsea CDC urges city enforcement of abandoned-properties tools, cites more than 100 vacant parcels in district
Summary
Chelsea Community Development Corporation asked the council to enforce the city's abandoned-properties tools, saying at least about 103 vacant properties in the Chelsea district require action and supporting a pending motel ordinance.
Elizabeth Turenik of the Chelsea Community Development Corporation told the council the organization is five years into a 10-year neighborhood plan and urged the city to use existing ordinances more aggressively to address vacant and blighted properties.
"Taxpayers are paying the cost to maintain these properties as they demand additional services from police, code, public works, and fire," Turenik said, describing the public-service burden and the effect on neighborhood property values. She told the council that one owner-controlled LLC holds 31 vacant properties in Chelsea and another owner holds seven, and she…
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