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Zoning staff outline new tax-sale tool and plan September sale for properties with unpaid fines
Summary
Zoning enforcement staff told the July 23 hearing that, under authority realized in October 2024, the city may place properties with uncollected assessed fines into a tax sale; staff said 12 properties are currently eligible and the sale is scheduled for Sept. 18, 2025, while remaining enforcement hearings will continue.
Zoning enforcement staff said the city is using a new tool — authorized in October 2024 — that allows municipalities to record assessed zoning fines as liens that can be included in a tax sale. Gary Oberst, the hearings officer, told attendees at the July 23 session that the city had identified about a dozen properties with uncollected fines that could be placed on a tax-sale list and that the first sale is scheduled for…
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