Community development presents vacant-property enforcement update; proposes clarifying language and fee corrections

Community Development Director Lisa Hewitt Cruz told the Adrian City Commission the vacant-property program has identified 16 commercial and 39 residential vacant properties since January and proposed ordinance edits (Article 5, Section 10) including clarification of partial-residency verification, decorative downtown storefront treatments, extended time after fire damage from 90 to 120 days, and a fee correction for the right-to-appeal.