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Commission approves first reading of a vacant commercial building registration ordinance
Summary
The city advanced a proposed ordinance to create a vacant commercial building registry, require registration and impose escalating annual fees on owners of vacant buildings that remain inactive; commissioners discussed exemptions for active rehabilitation and sale.
The Coffeyville City Commission gave first reading Aug. 12 to an ordinance that would require owners of vacant commercial buildings to register their properties and pay an annual fee that escalates if buildings remain unrehabilitated.
City staff said the ordinance responds to more than 100 vacant commercial properties in Coffeyville and mirrors programs in other Kansas cities. Under the draft ordinance staff presented, a…
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