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Committee revives push for vacant‑property registration and landlord liability requirements to address blight and repeated fire losses
Summary
Committee members advanced discussion of an ordinance that would require landlords to register vacant or abandoned properties and demonstrate liability insurance; staff reported about 2,030 rental properties and 175 registered businesses in the city and described recent demolition costs and limits of current $15,000 insurance withholding.
A commissioner asked the committee to consider a "vacant and abandoned property registration" ordinance that would require landlords (not homeowners) to register rental properties, provide proof of liability insurance and meet inspection, security and re‑occupancy requirements. The proposal stems from repeated burned‑out…
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