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Council directs staff to pursue foreclosure process for properties with excessive administrative fines
Summary
After a staff presentation, the council gave direction to pursue a targeted foreclosure pathway for parcels with longstanding unpaid administrative fines and abatement costs; staff presented examples (including one parcel owing $25,803) and outlined next steps: public hearing, recording/re-recording liens and potential foreclosure.
The Clear Lake City Council on May 2 directed staff to develop and return with a list of properties for possible foreclosure after repeated noncompliance and accumulated administrative fines, following a detailed presentation by Lieutenant Peterson.
Peterson said the city opened 1,985 code enforcement cases in 2023, with 1,334 cases achieving voluntary compliance (a 67.2% compliance rate) but that many administrative citations remain unpaid. He described a stepwise enforcement path: citations, abatement warrants where necessary, recording liens for abatement and unpaid citations,…
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