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Westminster staff to step up enforcement of vacant building registry; fines, exemptions clarified
Summary
Assistant City Administrator Reagan Osmond updated council on the vacant building registry ordinance (adopted Sept. 2023), explained fee structure and exemptions, provided corrected vacancy counts, and said staff will begin enforcing $500-per-day fines after outreach and documentation.
Assistant City Administrator Reagan Osmond briefed the Westminster City Council on implementation and forthcoming enforcement of the city’s vacant building registry ordinance, which council directed staff to draft and approved in September 2023.
Osmond said staff have categorized vacant structures into three levels: Category 1 (no code violations), Category 2 (some or minimal code violations) and Category 3 (substantial code violations or conditions that could become a public nuisance). He described the residential fee structure as zero dollars for the first registration year, a $50 renewal in the second year for Category 1…
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