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County holds first reading on ordinance to create $15 demolition fee for blighted properties
Summary
At a Lackawanna County commissioners meeting in Musick, commissioners held the first reading of Ordinance 299 to authorize a $15 fee on recorded deeds and mortgages to create a county demolition fund administered by the county land bank; a second reading and vote is scheduled for Aug. 20.
Lackawanna County commissioners held a first reading of Ordinance 299 on a proposal to establish a county demolition fund financed by a $15 fee on each deed and mortgage recorded in the county.
County staff said the fee — authorized by the amendment to Act 87 of 1982 under Act 152 of 2016 — would be collected by the Lackawanna County Recorder of Deeds, deposited into a dedicated fund managed by the Lackawanna County Land Bank and used exclusively for demolition of blighted properties. The ordinance text set an effective implementation date of Dec. 1, 2025, not less than 90 days…
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