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Council reviews transfers of small city lots to Greater Syracuse Land Bank for infill development
Summary
Neighborhood planning staff asked to transfer mostly city-owned small lots (often ~40x100 feet) to the Greater Syracuse Land Bank to assemble buildable parcels for infill housing and remove mowing obligations; councilors requested maps and clearer community notice about intended uses.
Caitlin Hubbard, neighborhood planner with MBD, presented Items 31 through 37 asking the council to transfer multiple small parcels to the Greater Syracuse Land Bank for site assembly and infill development. "Items 31 through 37, request to transfer to the Greater Syracuse Land Bank," she said.
Hubbard and Housing Director Jordan said many of the parcels are city-owned, small (about 40 by 100 feet), and currently on the city's mowing contract; transferring them would create larger development sites for housing and return the parcels to the tax rolls. Jordan said the land bank sometimes already owns adjacent lots and needs the remaining lot to complete a development site.
Several councilors asked for community transparency about what would be built on transferred parcels and requested maps showing parcel groupings. One councilor said that if the city is transferring land, the public should know the intended development. Housing staff agreed to produce maps and return with further details.
No specific development proposals or approvals were recorded in the transcript; the items request administrative transfers to the land bank to facilitate future development by the land bank and private partners.
