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Council directs staff to standardize demolition process, pursue liens and explore grant options for blighted properties
Summary
After a lengthy discussion about dilapidated and substandard buildings, council instructed staff to align practice with code, formalize a voluntary demolition repayment agreement with lien authority, and explore federal revitalization grants while continuing prioritized demolitions using the existing $50,000 fund.
Mount Pleasant city staff and council discussed procedures for addressing substandard structures and demolitions and agreed to standardize the city’s approach to match state law and the municipal code while continuing targeted demolitions.
City Manager Greg and code staff explained that the city has used a range of informal practices in recent years—sometimes ordering demolitions and at other times removing structures when owners asked the city to do so. Historically, staff said, the city placed liens on properties where it incurred…
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