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Advisory board will ask FPRA to add demolition line item and press enforcement on long‑vacant properties
Summary
Following a lengthy discussion about derelict residential and commercial properties, the advisory committee voted to forward a recommendation to FPRA to amend its budget to include a demolition line item and to empower stronger enforcement (liens/foreclosure/demolition) for long‑vacant structures.
The committee spent extensive time on a derelict‑property pilot and enforcement options before voting to send a demolition‑focused recommendation to the FPRA board.
Staff described a pilot on Hutchinson Island in which combined action from code enforcement, the building department and St. Lucie County Fire led an owner to demolish a longstanding derelict structure.…
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