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Commission reviews vacant-property list, warns maintenance burden strains city resources
Summary
City staff told the Planning Commission the inventory includes more than 300 vacant properties with structures and about 2,699 vacant lots without structures; commissioners discussed liens, demolition costs, land-bank limits, and pilot tools such as drones for vegetation control.
The Johnstown Planning Commission spent substantial time on March 3 reviewing the city’s inventory of vacant properties and possible responses to mounting maintenance costs.
City staff told commissioners the spreadsheet lists more than 300 vacant properties that still have structures and roughly 2,699 vacant lots that no longer contain buildings. City Manager Art Martynuska said the condition of structures varies widely and noted demolition funding…
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