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Council denies resale of tax-forfeited lot to bidder with outstanding code issues
Summary
Council debated a staff-recommended resale of tax-resale lots and denied the sale after members raised concerns about the bidder’s outstanding code-enforcement violations and unresolved neighborhood impacts.
The council considered a resolution to accept a bid for tax-resale property described as lots 30 and 31, block 1114, but members expressed concern that the bidder (identified in staff materials) had unresolved code-enforcement violations for illegal dumping on other properties he owned. Staff explained the parcel is zoned R3, the bidder owns adjoining lots and has outstanding violations, and staff does not know the bidder's intended use. After discussion, Councilmember Garrett moved to deny the sale; Councilmember Williams seconded and the motion to deny the resale carried.
Council members who opposed the sale cited repeated code issues and neighborhood impacts tied to the bidder’s existing properties — for example, dumping and accumulation of materials near railroad rights-of-way and laydown yards. Staff noted the bidder has appeared in court on some matters but has not had a trial on the current code-enforcement charges, and that some development steps (alley/street closures) would be prerequisites to certain uses of the aggregated land.
Outcome: the motion to deny the sale passed by voice vote; staff will not proceed with selling the subject lots to the identified bidder.
