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County council adopts tighter vacant-property rules, requires 3-year professional inspections
Summary
New Castle County Council approved substitute No. 1 to Ordinance 25-046, tightening registration, inspection and placarding requirements for vacant buildings, adding gated-access rules for very large commercial structures and requiring design-professional inspections every three years.
New Castle County Council on May 13 adopted substitute No. 1 to Ordinance 25-046, amending Chapter 7 (Property Maintenance Code), Article 2 (Registration and Payment of Fees for Vacant Premises) to strengthen registration, inspection and placarding rules for vacant properties across the county.
The ordinance, presented to council as a late submission and considered under a rule suspension, requires that commercial structures over 100,000 square feet restrict vehicle access in accordance with the Delaware State Fire Prevention Regulations (General Fire Safety, Chapter 5, Section 2.6). It also requires that any building or structure vacant for three years be inspected by a design…
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