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Stockton adopts ordinance requiring registration of vacant commercial properties, sets $826 annual fee

Stockton City Council · July 29, 2025
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Summary

The council approved a new Stockton Municipal Code chapter (15.34) requiring registration of vacant commercial buildings and vacant lots, establishing maintenance and enforcement provisions and an $826 annual registration fee; council vote was 7–0.

The Stockton City Council adopted an ordinance July 28 that creates Title 15, Chapter 15.34 of the Stockton Municipal Code to require registration and maintenance of vacant commercial buildings and vacant lots.

Janetta McDonald, police services administrator, summarized the ordinance, which defines a commercial property as vacant when more than 50% of commercial units in a…

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