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Gardena council adopts $245 annual fee for new vacant-property registry
Summary
The City Council approved a $245 registration and renewal fee to fund a newly created vacant-property registry ordinance, citing cost recovery and use of a third‑party data platform; council found the fee exempt from CEQA.
The Gardena City Council on Aug. 26 adopted a resolution setting fees for the city's new vacant-property registry, approving a $245 registration fee and a $245 annual renewal fee meant to recover administrative costs. The action implements Ordinance 18-82, which requires registration of vacant, abandoned and foreclosed residences under chapter 9.72 of the Gardena Municipal Code.
City staff told the council the $245 fee splits roughly into a $125 one-time charge retained by a third-party data platform and about $120 to cover an hour of code-enforcement labor and other city processing costs. Staff described having…
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