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Downtown BID asks Laredo council to remove fines from vacant-building ordinance for owners actively leasing
Summary
The Downtown Business Improvement District voted to ask the Laredo City Council to remove fines in the vacant-building ordinance for owners who are actively trying to lease or sell their buildings.
The Downtown Business Improvement District voted to ask the Laredo City Council to remove fines in the city’s vacant-building ordinance for property owners who are actively trying to lease or sell their buildings.
Julian Oviedovsky, president of the Downtown Business Improvement District, opened the board discussion and described the ordinance’s original purpose as a data-collection tool to identify vacant properties. Board members and property owners said the ordinance instead functions as a punitive measure against owners who are attempting to market buildings.
The board’s discuss…
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