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Committee approves revised vacant-building fee tiers, asks legal to draft ordinance
Summary
Councilors advanced a proposal to scale Holyoke's vacant-building fee by building size and vacancy duration to generate revenue for a revolving fund for blight remediation; the committee requested legal form to take the fee schedule to full council.
The City Council committee voted to advance a revised vacant-building fee schedule that would scale fines by building square footage and length of vacancy and requested the law department prepare ordinance language for the full council.
Councilor Michael Sullivan presented the revised schedule, saying the change preserves the $500 fee for 1–3 unit dwellings but increases fees for larger and longer-vacant properties. "If you're above 3,000 square feet, and you're over 2 years,…
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