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Council adopts building-code amendments, creates registries for vacant and long-term rental properties
Summary
After a public hearing, council approved ordinance 25-68 updating Part 13 of the city's code. The changes adopt the latest residential code by reference, add enforcement/penalties, repeal outdated chapters (including contractor registration), and create registries for abandoned foreclosures, long-term rentals and vacant properties; council suspended rules and approved the measure on Nov. 24.
The Delaware City Council voted Nov. 24 to approve an update to the city—uilding code that includes a new registry for abandoned foreclosures, long-term rentals and vacant properties, and removes several outdated chapters, including annual contractor registration.
Miss Perron of the planning and community development department said the code update is largely housekeeping to align chapters with a current fee schedule and to add consistent enforcement language. "This is really kind of a housekeeping, amendment to part 13," she told council,…
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