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Arlington clarifies process to abate unfinished buildings, allows nuisance citations and abatement
Summary
Planning and Development Services described an ordinance change that treats long-stalled permitted projects as nuisances after permits expire and 6 months elapse, enabling citations and abatement without a dangerous-structure court process.
Jin C. Thoppel, director of Planning and Development Services, told the Arlington City Council on May 13 that staff added an unfinished-structures provision to the city's nuisance chapter so stalled construction projects can be treated as blight and abated without a separate dangerous-or-substandard-structure court action.
Thoppel said the new process labels a structure “unfinished” when a building permit has expired and another six months pass with no inspections or activity. Under the change, code…
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