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City reports progress on nuisance-and-abatement program; ordinance and registry planned
Summary
Las Cruces Community Development told council the NAT team has identified 166 priority nuisance properties, condemned 21 properties, recovered liens and is preparing a proposed vacant-and-abandoned-property ordinance with a June work session and possible July adoption.
Community Development Director Chris Favor presented an update March 16 on the city’s Nuisance and Abatement Team (NAT), describing a multi-department effort to identify and address vacant, blighted and unsafe properties across Las Cruces.
Favor reported 166 identified NAT properties, with staff reviewing an additional roughly 600 vacant parcels to determine whether they meet NAT criteria. The department has condemned 21 properties to date and said it has recouped $14,000 on one lien and intends to pursue approximately $151,000 in liens this year. Favor described steps the team takes (condemnation, boarding, securing, legal foreclosure) and shared two success stories of properties that changed ownership and are being redeveloped.
Favor said the city will propose a vacant-and-abandoned-property ordinance later this year; staff plan a work session in June and possible adoption in July to create a registry and set standards for property condition and reuse. He demonstrated an internal GIS tool that tracks NAT properties by district and priority level and pointed attendees to the city’s NAT web page with FAQs and a public map.
Councilors thanked the team and asked staff to recognize the NAT members present; Favor emphasized cross-department coordination with Codes, Police, Fire, Housing and Legal.
What’s next: Staff will continue property evaluations, pursue liens where applicable, hold a June work session on the ordinance and return to council with ordinance language and proposed implementation steps.
