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Committee advances vacant building registration ordinance after administration presentation; vote 6–2
Summary
The Equitable Growth and Housing Committee heard an administration presentation on a proposed Vacant Building Registration (VBR) ordinance designed to identify and intervene earlier on vacant properties. The committee advanced the ordinance in a roll-call vote (6–2).
Director Kevin Dahlberg presented the administration’s proposed vacant building registration (VBR) approach, describing it as a proactive, data-driven program intended to identify likely vacant buildings earlier in their decline and require semiannual registration and exterior checks to reduce neighborhood blight and emergency calls.
"We're looking at about $9,000,000 in terms of cost," Director Dahlberg said when describing the citywide service costs associated with vacant properties. He also told the committee: "Only 3% of these properties didn't have at least a fire call or a police call to the property," underscoring the public-safety and service-demand implications.
Administration staff described how VBR would use Waterworks data, post office delivery information and field verification to identify potentially vacant…
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