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Florence council takes steps on vacant/abandoned registry and unfit‑dwelling ordinance
Summary
Council moved discussion of a proposed vacant-and-abandoned building registry into executive session for legal advice and approved first reading of an "unfit dwelling" ordinance to empower building officials to declare unsafe properties.
The Florence City Council on Jan. 13 took two related steps aimed at addressing blighted and hazardous properties: it moved discussion of a proposed vacant-and-abandoned building registration ordinance into executive session for legal advice, and it approved first reading of an ordinance to declare dwellings unfit for human habitation.
City staff described the registry as a new code requirement that would require owners of vacant and abandoned residential, commercial and industrial buildings to register with the city and provide contact information. The ordinance would create three vacancy…
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