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Mobile council delays vote on vacant-structure registry amid dispute over who must report vacancies
Summary
Council members debated whether responsibility to report vacant properties should rest with property owners or the city and put amendments to Chapter 52 on hold for further review and a committee meeting; staff and attorneys flagged enforcement, resource and public-safety trade-offs.
Councilman Reynolds introduced amendments to Chapter 52 of the Mobile City Code, which would create or modify a vacant-structure registry, but the Mobile City Council agreed to delay a final vote to allow further review and a committee discussion.
The measure, described by Councilman Reynolds as an update to "real property maintenance and enforcement" law, prompted a sustained exchange about who should bear the affirmative duty to report that a property is vacant. Attorney Woods told the council most of the rental-related amendments were "reasonable and acceptable," but…
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