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Mobile council delays vote on vacant‑property ordinance after debate over owner self‑reporting
Summary
Council members debated competing amendments to Chapter 52 (real property maintenance) over whether property owners must self‑report vacancy status; after extended back‑and‑forth with staff and community partners, council agreed to hold the ordinance one week for a reconciled final text.
Council members at a Nov. 12 Mobile City Council pre‑meeting postponed final action on a proposed update to Chapter 52 of the city code — the real property maintenance and enforcement ordinance — after heated debate over whether property owners should be required to self‑report vacancies.
Councilman Reynolds, who circulated a replacement text, said his amendment removes paragraphs that would force owners to register vacant buildings. "My amendment has removed those paragraphs, and I've got a copy for everybody of the final clean version here," Reynolds said, arguing the registration requirement would place an…
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