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City staff outlines process for dealing with vacant lots, dilapidated structures; 51 lots and 121 structures under review
Summary
Code enforcement described a multi‑step process that can lead to demolition, liens and foreclosure. Staff said they are researching 51 potentially city‑owned lots and have identified about 121 dilapidated structures in various stages of enforcement.
City Code Enforcement Manager Josh Sides and city staff briefed the commission Aug. 28 on the city’s process for addressing vacant lots, dilapidated and abandoned structures and on the current inventory of potential city properties.
Sides described the multi‑step process: identification, certified notice requesting consent to inspect, a consented or warrant‑based inspection, a detailed notice of violations with corrective steps, a period to contact code enforcement with a repair plan or to complete repairs, and, if necessary, a commission resolution to condemn a structure. “If you do not contact me after the 30 days and you didn't correct the violations, I bring a resolution for condemnation to the commission,” Sides said.
The condemned property owner then has statutorily…
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