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Council signals support to raise vacant-building registration fees; staff to draft ordinance with higher inspection fees
Summary
Farmers Branch staff reported 14 vacant buildings and presented options to increase registration fees; council asked staff to draft changes reflecting a higher initial registration/inspection fee and more frequent follow-ups.
City staff told the Farmers Branch City Council on April 29 that the city currently lists 14 vacant buildings and that the existing vacant-building registration fee structure is small and administratively complex.
Daniel Summers, director of community services, said the city’s ordinance (Amendment 384, amended August 2024) currently uses a $200 annual registration fee and that peer cities use a wide range of fees. “Right now we have 14 vacant buildings,” Summers said.
Why it matters: Council members said…
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