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Committee sends citywide homestead plan to council without recommendation after extended public hearing
Summary
Planning staff presented a proposed citywide homestead plan that would let owner‑occupants buy certain residential lots for a $1,000 flat fee under deed restrictions and reverter provisions; the committee, after extended Q&A and public comment, voted to send the plan to the Common Council without recommendation.
The Committee on Community Development opened a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed citywide homestead plan intended to make residentially zoned vacant lots available for low‑cost purchase and homeownership. Nadine Marrero of the Office of Strategic Planning described the proposal as an urban renewal action enabled by New York State law and outlined four eligible uses and several protections.
"It is a citywide homestead plan with $1,000 flat fee proposed for purchasing of lots for residentially zoned properties only," Marrero told the committee. She said the four approvable uses are: side‑lot purchases (to be combined with a primary parcel and subject to deed restrictions), sale of land for homeownership construction (new housing construction with a 24‑month completion reverter), sale of…
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