Council delays change to vacant-building rules after concerns about citizen notification
Council committees debated amendments to Akron’s vacant building registration and housing code that would have removed a requirement to notify an original citizen complainant. Staff said most vacant-building complaints come from city employees and anonymous tips; councilmembers pressed to retain notification and asked for law-department review, and a substitute restoring notification language passed in the Housing Committee.
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Akron City Council committee members paused a proposed edit to the city’s vacant-building rules after members expressed concern that removing a requirement to notify original citizen complainants would cut residents out of appeals proceedings.
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