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College Park committee recommends a vacant‑property registry; council asks for fee study and follow-up
Summary
A city committee recommended a one‑year vacant‑property registry with specified exemptions and asked staff for a fee study and revised language; council directed staff and legal to refine penalties and return in roughly a month.
The College Park Vacant and Blighted Property Tax Committee recommended creating a vacant‑property registry and proposed registration rules and exemptions at the Feb. 18 City Council meeting. Committee co‑chairs Bob Catlin and Darren Sharp presented the draft, after the mayor and council asked the committee to research a registry in a prior session.
"The initiative was to take a look at what's going on ... whether or not there should be some depth level of enforcement for vacant and blighted property in the city of College Park," Vice Chair Darren Sharp said during the presentation. The draft recommends that owners of properties vacant for more than 90 days register those properties; registration would last one year and include contact information for owners and local agents.
The draft includes several exemptions, including parcels that are under active development…
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